The rewarding nature of provocation-focused rumination in women with borderline personality disorder: a preliminary fMRI investigation

Table 3 Spearman-rank correlations between bilateral nucleus accumbens activation contrasts during the Directed Rumination Task and self-report measures of BPD features, anger rumination, and symptoms of depression and PTSD (N = 29)

Condition contrast	ARS	PAI-BOR AI	PAI-BOR ID	PAI-BOR NR	PAI-BOR SH	CES-D	PCL
Provocation > Neutral	.31	.37^a	.33	.46^a	.46^a	.37	.32
Self > Neutral	.24	.18	.31	.25	.18	.34	.22
Provocation > Self	.06	.13	−.02	.14	.21	.01	.07

^ap <.05
ARS Anger Rumination Scale, PAI-BOR Personality Assessment Inventory Borderline Personality Disorder Scale, AI Affective Instability, ID Identity Disturbance, NR Negative Relationships, SH Self-Harm, CES-D Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, PCL Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist