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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the aggregated point-by-point changes in self-esteem by group: The mean and standard deviation of the starting state, the number of participants, their total number of decreases (increases, respectively) per bin and the median, minimum, and maximum number of changes as well as information regarding the magnitude of the decreases (increases, respectively) that these participants reported, including the mean and standard deviation, median, minimum, and maximum

From: Self-esteem instability and affective instability in everyday life after remission from borderline personality disorder

Decreases in self-esteem

 

Bin

Starting state: Mean (Sd)

Number of participants

Total number of decreases

Number of decreases: Median (min – max)

Decreases: Mean (Sd)

Decreases: Median (min – max)

BPD-ACU

Low

1.13 (0.53)

26

100

3 (1–15)

−0.68 (0.29)

−0.63 (− 0.25 – −1.50)

Mid-low

2.97 (0.52)

39

166

3 (1–15)

−1.35 (0.59)

−1.25 (− 0.50 – −3.00)

Mid

4.72 (0.47)

53

266

4 (1–15)

− 1.96 (1.00)

− 1.92 (− 0.48 – −5.25)

Mid-high

6.51 (0.49)

47

217

4 (1–11)

−2.28 (1.21)

− 2.05 (− 0.61 – −5.87)

High

8.26 (0.54)

37

200

5 (1–15)

− 2.99 (1.73)

− 2.63 (− 0.62 – −7.08)

BPD-REM

Low

1.60 (0.42)

7

13

2 (1–13)

− 0.60 (0.24)

−0.75 (− 0.25 – − 0.87)

Mid-low

3.23 (0.43)

17

52

1 (1–12)

− 0.70 (0.47)

−0.56 (− 0.25 – − 2.25)

Mid

4.72 (0.45)

23

102

4 (1–13)

− 1.39 (0.77)

− 1.25 (− 0.31 – − 2.75)

Mid-high

6.58 (0.48)

25

147

5 (1–15)

− 1.71 (0.90)

−1.43 (− 0.25 – − 3.50)

High

8.28 (0.52)

24

205

7.5 (1–19)

− 1.50 (0.85)

− 1.25 (− 0.50 – − 3.11)

HC

Low

–

0

0

–

–

–

Mid-low

2.88 (0.18)

2

2

1 (1–1)

− 0.50 (0.35)

−0.50 (− 0.25 – − 0.75)

Mid

4.70 (0.61)

3

9

1 (1–3)

− 1.68 (0.97)

−1.25 (− 0.75 – − 3.00)

Mid-high

6.59 (0.55)

12

41

2 (1–13)

− 1.21 (1.12)

−0.83 (− 0.25 – − 4.12)

High

8.53 (0.45)

55

485

9 (1–18)

− 0.88 (0.65)

− 0.67 (− 0.25 – − 3.83)

Increases in self-esteem

 

Bin

Starting state: Mean (Sd)

Number of participants

Total number of increases

Number of increases: Median (min – max)

Increases: Mean (Sd)

Increases: Median (min – max)

BPD-ACU

Low

0.77 (0.62)

47

256

5 (1–16)

2.61 (1.52)

2.25 (0.25–6.75)

Mid-low

2.71 (0.49)

54

229

3 (1–12)

2.33 (1.27)

2.25 (0.33–5.25)

Mid

4.46 (0.48)

54

233

4 (1–11)

1.69 (0.88)

1.52 (0.38–4.25)

Mid-high

6.21 (0.48)

40

163

3 (1–11)

1.14 (0.49)

1.11 (0.25–2.50)

High

7.87 (0.46)

26

72

2 (1–14)

0.66 (0.39)

0.52 (0.25–1.50)

BPD-REM

Low

1.23 (0.50)

15

35

1 (1–6)

2.79 (1.67)

2.50 (0.50–5.50)

Mid-low

2.86 (0.48)

22

103

3.5 (1–14)

2.30 (1.34)

2.23 (0.64–5.25)

Mid

4.43 (0.47)

29

126

4 (1–12)

1.66 (1.03)

1.44 (0.38–4.25)

Mid-high

6.28 (0.52)

23

129

5 (1–12)

0.92 (0.89)

0.89 (0.47–1.43)

High

7.82 (0.45)

20

120

5 (1–13)

0.62 (0.25)

0.62 (0.25–1.17)

HC

Low

1.19 (0.31)

2

4

2 (1–3)

3.42 (2.00)

3.42 (2.00–4.83)

Mid-low

2.78 (0.47)

7

20

2 (1–7)

3.38 (1.52)

3.75 (1.25–5.50)

Mid

4.71 (0.41)

20

46

1.5 (1–10)

2.90 (1.35)

3.25 (0.85–4.75)

Mid-high

6.51 (0.44)

37

126

2 (1–16)

1.61 (0.64)

1.50 (0.38–3.00)

High

8.16 (0.47)

55

422

8 (1–16)

0.45 (0.13)

0.43 (0.25–1.00)

  1. BPD-ACU patients with an acute Borderline personality disorder; BPD-REM symptomatically remitted patients with a loss of BPD diagnosis (< 5 diagnostic BPD criteria); HC healthy controls