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Dataset Maryam Gholipour (25110132) Mohammad Ali Mazaheri (10986337) Abbas Zabihzadeh (16822676) Personality and individual differences Borderline personality traits emotional egocentric bias shame social cognition self–other distinction visual perspective-taking <p dir="ltr">Shame may undermine self–other distinction, yet it remains unclear whether this effect depends on borderline personality traits and differs across emotional and cognitive domains. The present study examined whether shame induction impairs self-other distinction in individuals with high versus low borderline personality traits and whether this effect differs across emotional and cognitive domains. In a 2 × 2 between-subjects quasi-experimental design, 154 young adults were classified as having high or low borderline traits and assigned either to a shame induction condition, involving recall of shameful autobiographical memories, or to a control condition, involving recall of neutral memories from the previous day. Emotional and cognitive egocentric bias were then assessed using behavioral tasks. Individuals with high borderline personality traits and those exposed to shame induction exhibited greater egocentric bias than their comparison groups. Critically, the interaction between borderline personality traits and shame induction was significant only for emotional egocentric bias, indicating that shame selectively impaired emotional self–other distinction among individuals with high borderline personality traits. This pattern suggests that shame, as a situational factor, may accentuate vulnerabilities associated with borderline personality traits, particularly in the emotional domain, rendering self–other distinction more fragile.</p> 2026-09-25T13:17:12Z Dataset Dataset 10.6084/m9.figshare.33995301.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Dataset/33995301 CC BY 4.0