Increases in negative affective arousal precede lower self-esteem in patients with borderline personality disorder but not in patients with depressive disorders: an experience sampling approach

Table 1 Mean, standard deviations, and 95% confidence intervals of mean differences for the BSL-95, QTF, BDI-II, and SCL90R in the BPD (n = 42), DD (n = 40) and NCC (n = 40) groups

Measure	M	SD	BPD vs DD: [95% CI] Diff	p	BPD vs HC: [95% CI] Diff	p	DD vs HC: [95% CI] Diff	p
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
1. BSL-95	1.97	0.55	0.11 [-0.24, 0.46]	.735	0.52 [0.17, 0.86]	.002	0.41 [0.06, 0.75]	.017
2. QTF	2.66	0.56	0.85 [0.43, 1.26]	.001	1.37 [0.96, 1.79]	.000	0.53 [0.12, 0.93]	.000
3. BDI-II	2.70	1.23	1.46 [1.00, 1.92]	.000	2.42 [1.96, 2.88]	.000	0.95 [0.58, 1.33]	.011
4. GSI	2.03	0.55	0.15 [-0.20, 0.49]	.583	0.75 [0.41, 1.10]	.000	0.61 [0.26, 0.96]	.000
Depressive Disorders (DD)
1. BSL-95	1.86	0.88
2. QTF	1.81	1.09
3. BDI-II	1.23	0.56
4. GSI	1.89	0.90
Non-Clinical Control (NCC)
1. BSL-95	1.46	0.43
2. QTF	1.28	0.49
3. BDI-II	0.28	0.42
4. GSI	1.28	0.39

Significant differences are in bold
M mean, SD standard deviation, p p-value obtained using Tukey’s HSD tests, Diff mean difference, CI confidence interval obtained using Tukey’s HSD tests, BSL-95 Borderline Symptoms List, QTF Thoughts and Feelings Questionnaire, BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory, GSI SCL-90R Global Severity Index

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