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. 2016 Mar 9;7:322. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00322

Table 1.

Descriptive data for Polish-language and English-language versions: Correlation between Polish-language and English-language version of each dimension (ML estimation; MTMM approach).

Variable (Questionnaire) Polish version English version Correlation between Polish and English version
M (SD) Cronbach's alpha n M (SD) Cronbach's alpha n
Depressive rumination (RRS-R) 42.90 (11.05) 0.91 99 42.15 (12.91) 0.94 67 0.98*
Brooding (RRS-R) 9.79 (3.01) 0.74 99 9.50 (3.12) 0.79 67 0.98*
Reflection (RRS-R) 9.50 (3.14) 0.77 99 9.65 (3.35) 0.82 67 0.86*
RNT (PTQ) 27.17 (9.98) 0.92 111 25.72 (11.05) 0.94 66 0.97*
Core features of RNT (PTQ) 17.66 (6.39) 0.90 111 16.36 (6.72) 0.92 66 0.89*
Unproductiveness of RNT (PTQ) 4.73 (2.24) 0.64 111 4.82 (2.64) 0.81 66 0.89*
Mental capacity captured by RNT (PTQ) 4.56 (2.44) 0.76 111 4.63 (3.01) 0.79 66 0.93*
Abstract analytic thinking (Mini-CERTS) 21.76 (3.97) 0.69 110 21.50 (4.35) 0.74 72 0.95*
Concrete experiential thinking (Mini-CERTS) 18.79 (3.10) 0.61 110 18.52 (3.43) 0.70 72 0.93*

RRS-R, The Ruminative Response Scale-Revised; RNT, Repetitive Negative Thinking; PTQ, The Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire; Mini-CERTS, The Mini-Cambridge Exeter Repetitive Thinking Scale.

*

p < 0.001.