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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cognit Ther Res. 2012 Mar 6;37(1):139–149. doi: 10.1007/s10608-012-9443-x

Table 2.

BAS Risk Group Prediction of Cognitive Styles

Cognitive Style ß F R2 f 2
HPS .24 17.98** .06 .06
WASSUP
 Popular Fame .22 14.49** .05 .05
 Family .06 1.11 <.01 <.01
 World Well-Being .03 0.31 <.01 <.01
 Political Influence .17 8.80* .03 .03
 Friends .08 1.99 <.01 <.01
 Financial Success .21 13.23** .04 .04
 Fulfillment .07 1.33 <.01 <.01
POG
 Lateral Generalization .20 11.96** .04 .04
 Upward Generalization .22 14.81** .05 .05
 Social Generalization .30 28.28** .09 .10
RPAS
 Self-Focused .16 7.52* .02 .02
 Emotion-Focused .18 9.32* .03 .03
 Dampening .12 4.24 .01 .01
RRS
 Brooding .19 10.36** .04 .04
 Reflective Pondering .06 0.98 <.01 <.01
DAS
 Approval by Others .12 4.15 .01 .01
 Performance Evaluation/
 Perfectionism
.20 11.94** .04 .04
DEQ
 Self-Criticism .14 6.05 .02 .02
 Dependency .01 0.02 <.01 <.01
SAS
 Autonomy .11 3.70 .01 .01
 Sociotropy .12 4.12 .01 .01
*

p < .01.

**

p < .001.

Note. Each row in Table 2 represents a separate analysis. Positive ß values indicate higher levels of the cognitive or personality style in the HBAS group compared to the MBAS group. HPS = Hypomanic Personality Scale; WASSUP = Willingly Approached Set of Statistically Unlikely Pursuits; POG = Positive Overgeneralization Scale; RPAS = Responses to Positive Affect Scale; RRS = Ruminative Response Scale; DAS = Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale; DEQ = Depressive Experiences Questionnaire; SAS = Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale.