Table 3.
Personality and Clinical Correlates of the Total Perseverative Thought Dimension
| Variable | n | r |
|---|---|---|
| Trait perseveration | ||
| Penn State Worry Questionnaire | 154 | .35*** |
| RRS Brooding | 154 | .42*** |
| RRQ Rumination | 154 | .46*** |
| Temperament dimensions | ||
| EPQ-R Neuroticism | 154 | .43*** |
| PANAS Negative Affect | 153 | .42*** |
| Behavioral Inhibition Scale | 154 | .38*** |
| TCI Harm Avoidance | 153 | .39*** |
| State-Trait Anxiety Inventory–Trait | 154 | .49*** |
| Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale | 153 | .50*** |
| Clinical features | ||
| Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale | 154 | .36*** |
| Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression | 154 | .34*** |
| GAD clinical severity | 154 | .36*** |
| Percent of the day spent worrying | 150 | .40*** |
| Excessiveness of worry (average) | 154 | .28*** |
| Excessiveness of worry (minor matters) | 154 | .25** |
| Uncontrollability of worry (average) | 154 | .35*** |
| Uncontrollability of worry (minor matters) | 153 | .39*** |
| MDD clinical severity | 154 | .33*** |
| Number of current comorbid disordersa | 154 | .31*** |
| Number of lifetime comorbid disordersa | 154 | .02 |
| Illness course | ||
| GAD | ||
| Tendency to worry as a child | 110 | .17+ |
| Age of onset of first episode | 118 | .07 |
| Duration of current episode | 117 | .02 |
| Months in episode over lifetime | 121 | −.04 |
| Number of lifetime episodes | 153 | .15+ |
| MDD | ||
| Age of onset of first episode | 125 | .08 |
| Duration of current episode | 112 | .02 |
| Months in episode over lifetime | 126 | −.04 |
| Number of lifetime episodes | 153 | .18* |
Note. RRS = Ruminative Responses Scale; RRQ = Rumination-Reflection Questionnaire; EPQ-R = Eysenck Personality Questionnaire–Revised; PANAS = Positive and Negative Affect Schedule; TCI = Temperament and Character Inventory; GAD = generalized anxiety disorder; MDD = major depressive disorder.
a
Excludes GAD and MDD.
+
p < .10.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.