Table 5.
Final models of the variance in T2 anxiety, depression and trauma predicted by T1 metacognitive beliefs after controlling for age, gender, T1 level of symptoms and T1 illness perceptions (Analysis 3)
| T2 anxiety | T2 depression | T2 trauma | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R2 change | Beta | T | p | R2 change | Beta | T | p | R2 change | Beta | T | p | |
| Analysis 3 | ||||||||||||
| Constant | 2.50 | .013 | 2.98 | .003 | 3.66 | .000 | ||||||
| Step 1–demographics | 13 %*** | 5 %** | 14 %*** | |||||||||
| Gender | −.04 | −.63 | .527 | −.09 | −1.50 | .136 | −.05 | −.79 | .430 | |||
| Age | −.18 | −3.06 | .003 | −.14 | −2.29 | .023 | −.22 | −3.73 | ||||
| Step 2—T1 symptoms | 25 %*** | 21 %*** | 23 %*** | |||||||||
| T1 anxiety | .46 | 7.49 | .000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| T1 Depression | – | – | – | .41 | 6.86 | .000 | – | – | – | |||
| T1 trauma | – | – | – | – | – | – | .44 | 6.77 | .000 | |||
| Step 3—IPQ-R ## | 3 %** | 3 %** | 2 %* | |||||||||
| Consequences | .12 | 1.94 | .054 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Illness coherence | – | – | – | −.11 | −1.83 | .068 | −.11 | −1.90 | .058 | |||
| Personal control | −.11 | −2.09 | .038 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Step 4—MCQ-30 ## | 2 %* | 4 %** | 1 %ns | |||||||||
| CC | .13 | 2.32 | .02 | .20 | 3.31 | .001 | .11 | 1.78 | .076 | |||
| Model summary | ||||||||||||
| R2 | 42 % | 33 % | 39 % | |||||||||
| Adj R2 | 41 % | 31 % | 37 % | |||||||||
R2 change shows increment in variance explained by each step; beta, T and p are from the final model containing variables from all steps
N.B. All variables entered using forced entry method. MCQ-30 subscales: cognitive confidence (CC)
##Only subscales found to be significant predictors in Analysis 2 were entered. – indicates variable not included
* p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001