Identifies heterogeneity of BPD symptoms within a strongly externalizing population, useful as a contrast to internalizing profiles.
Two facial-affect clusters emerged, with possible differences in treatment response.
Examined how social exclusion affects social-cognitive performance as borderline features increase.
Excellent recovery was studied as a long-term outcome beyond acute symptom change.
Reviews negative self-evaluation as a central BPD process involving shame, self-criticism and unstable self-image.
BPD was characterized by elevated shame and a distinct self-conscious-emotion profile.
Examines whether borderline features alter effects of rumination on shame, self-blame and self-forgiveness.
Examined long-term course and predictors of shame in BPD.
BPD, dependent and avoidant tendencies overlapped in self-inhibition, low confidence and concern about others' evaluation.
Shows how factor-level personality dimensions relate differently to self-directed violence and borderline symptoms, supporting dimensional heterogeneity rather than a single uniform phenotype.