Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for the Positive Affect (PA) and Negative Affect (NA) and each of the appraisals under investigation
| Emotion | BPD group | Healthy controls | Difference between groups | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SE | Mean | SE | χ2(df) | p-value | |
| PA | 28.79 | 2.99 | 62.61 | 2.28 | 80.90 (1) | <.001 |
| NA | 36.90 | 3.87 | 7.44 | 1.32 | 51.97 (1) | <.001 |
| Emotional appraisals | ||||||
| Goal relevance | 59.06 | 2.80 | 62.09 | 3.25 | 0.50 (1) | >.500 |
| Goal congruence | 40.45 | 3.28 | 64.75 | 2.27 | 37.13 (1) | <.001 |
| Emotion-focused coping potential | 45.26 | 3.16 | 78.83 | 2.90 | 61.20 (1) | <.001 |
| BPD-specific evaluations | ||||||
| Disappointment in self | 44.59 | 4.29 | 7.72 | 1.77 | 63.10 (1) | <.001 |
| Disappointment in someone else | 34.01 | 4.43 | 15.32 | 3.99 | 9.82 (1) | .002 |
| Trust in self | 31.89 | 3.60 | 72.66 | 2.78 | 80.33 (1) | <.001 |
| Trust in someone else | 36.56 | 4.75 | 69.24 | 3.85 | 28.52 (1) | <.001 |
BPD Borderline personality disorder, SE Standard error. Results are based on two-level models with each variable under investigation being predicted by a random intercept at level 1, and diagnostic dummies (leaving out the intercept) at level 2. Differences between diagnostic dummies slopes are tested using general linear hypothesis testing