Table 3.

Hierarchical linear regression analysis of factors related to psychotic symptoms

Hallucination			Paranoia
Step 1: (adj. R 2 = 0.43**)	β	Sig	Step 1: (adj. R 2 0.55**)	β	sig
OCI-R	0.295	<0.001**	OCI-R	0.339	<0.001**
MCQ	0.422	<0.001**	MCQ	0.455	<0.001**
Step 2: (R 2 Change = 0.054*)			Step 2: (R 2 Change =0.028*)
OCI-R	0.219	.006**	OCI-R	0.273	<0.001**
MCQ	0.342	<0.001**	MCQ	0.387	<0.001**
Gender	−0.048	0.374	Gender	−0.026	0.599
Age	−0.048	0.388	Age	−0.034	0.496
PHQ-9	0.357	<0.001*	PHQ-9	0.258	<0.001**
GAD-7	−0.165	0.044*	GAD-7	−0.098	0.166
Forward regressions using MCQ subscales
Gender	−0.052	0.330	Gender	−.016	0.743
Age	−0.048	0.382	Age	−.033	0.511
PHQ-9	0.363	<0.001**	PHQ-9	.339	<0.001**
GAD-7	−0.126	0.109	GAD-7	−.112	0.118
OCI-R	0.202	0.011*	OCI-R	.338	<0.001**
MCQ need to control	0.345	<0.001**	MCQ cogn. Self-consc.	.208	<0.001**
			MCQ positive beliefs	.159	0.013*

* = (p < .05). ** p < .001

OCI-R Obsessive Compulsive Inventory – Revised, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire-9, GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, MCQ Metacognitions Questionnaire-30