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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
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