Table 2.

Summary of Multiple Regression Analyses Predicting Affective Instability

Variable	Predicting Valence AI					Predicting Arousal AI
	B	SE B	β	p	pr	B	SE B	β	p	pr
Step 1 (R2 = .06, p = .014)						(R2 =.10, p = .002)
BPD diagnosis	2.70	1.07	.25	.01	.25	2.78	.89	.31	.002	.31
Step 2 (ΔR2 = .15, p = .001)						(ΔR2 = .12, p = .004 )
BPD diagnosis	.84	1.10	.08	.45	.08	1.54	.93	.17	.10	.17
General Vocabulary	−.31	.17	−.20	.07	−.19	−.04	.14	−.03	.80	−.03
Semantic Valence Focus	−20.83	9.41	−.28	.03	−.23	−17.62	7.93	−.28	.03	−.23
Semantic Arousal Focus	−22.52	7.82	−.39	.01	−.29	−22,74	6.58	−.46	.001	−.34
Step 3 (ΔR2 = .12, p = .546)						(ΔR2 = .07, p = .051)
BPD diagnosis	1.63	2.00	.15	.42	.09	.64	1.63	.07	.70	.04
General Vocabulary	−.30	.17	−.18	.09	−.18	−.01	.14	−.00	.99	−.00
Semantic Valence Focus	−21.04	9.50	−.28	.03	−.23	−16.61	7.75	−.26	.04	−.22
Semantic Arousal Focus	−20.09	8.05	−.35	.02	−.26	−18.83	6.57	−.38	.01	−.29
NA	−.00	.10	−.00	.98	−.00	.13	.09	.29	.14	.16
PA	.10	.07	.15	.15	.15	.15	.06	.25	.02	.26
Negative Affect Intensity	−.04	.89	−.01	.96	−.01	−.10	.72	−.03	.89	−.01

Note: B = unstandardized regression coefficient, SE = standard error, β = standardized regression coefficient, pr = partial correlation coefficient, AI = Affective Instability; BPD = Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosis; NA = Negative Affect; PA = Positive Affect.