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Sixty individuals with BPD and 60 nonclinical controls evaluated the likelihood of positive, neutral, and negative explanations in self- and other-related scenarios, rated anticipated emotional responses, and completed measures of self-esteem and loneliness. Compared to controls, individuals with BPD endorsed more negative and fewer positive explanations in self-referential scenarios, with stronger negative and weaker positive emotions. Across groups, explanatory expectations related to lower self-esteem, but in BPD, reduced anticipation of positive emotions was linked to higher loneliness. 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