Autonomic vulnerability to biased perception of social inclusion in borderline personality disorder

Table 2 Effect of Experimental Condition, Group Status and Their Interactions on NTS scores and RSA levels

Variables	BPD	HC	rMDD	Condition	Group	Interactions Condition X Group
NTS scores				F_2,86 = 121.34^a η²_partial = .74 p < .01	F_2,87 = 3.41 η²_partial = .07 p = .04	F_2,87 = 3.24 η²_partial = .07 p = .04
Inclusion	4.57 ± .15	5.26 ± .15	5.16 ± .15
Ostracism	2.95 ± .21	3.15 ± .21	3.33 ± .21
Reflective stage	3.00 ± .23	3.66 ± .23	3.69 ± .23
RSA levels				F_3,81 = .29 η²_partial = .01 p = .84	F_2,83 = 9.87 η²_partial = .19 p < .01	F_3,82 = 3.44 η²_partial = .01 p = .02
Baseline	4.52 ± .27	5.54 ± .22	4.99 ± .26
Inclusion	3.98 ± .27	5.56 ± .22	4.94 ± .26
Ostracism	4.07 ± .26	5.61 ± .21	5.12 ± .25
Reflective stage	4.28 ± .24	5.83 ± .20	5.21 ± .23

BPD = patients with Borderline Personality Disorder; HC = Healthy Controls; rMDD = patients with Major Depressive Disorder in remission; NTS = Need Threat Scale; RSA = Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia

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