Table 2.
Hierarchical regression results examining predictors of mental contamination severity following evoking source.
| State mental contamination scale |
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| Block 1 Results |
Block 2 Results |
Block 3 Results |
Final Block Results |
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| ΔR2 | β | t | ΔR2 | β | t | ΔR2 | β | t | ΔR2 | β | t | |
| Block 1 | 0.14∗∗ | |||||||||||
| STICSA-Trait | 0.19 | 1.96 | −0.05 | 0.40 | −0.05 | 0.50 | −0.06 | 0.50 | ||||
| Baseline Dirtiness | 0.29∗∗ | 3.02 | 0.35∗∗ | 3.75 | 0.35∗∗ | 3.40 | 0.34∗∗ | 3.40 | ||||
| Block 2 | 0.08∗∗ | |||||||||||
| MCQ-30-N | 0.36∗∗ | 3.15 | 0.36∗∗ | 2.68 | 0.36∗∗ | 2.59 | ||||||
| Block 3 | <0.01 | |||||||||||
| MCQ-30-NC | 0.01 | 1.26 | 0.01 | 0.02 | ||||||||
| Block 4 | <0.01 | |||||||||||
| MCQ-30-CC | 0.04 | 0.41 | ||||||||||
N = 102. ∗∗p < 0.01, ∗p < 0.05 (two-tailed). STICSA, State-Trait Inventory of Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety; MCQ, Metacognitions Questionnaire (N, Negative; NC, Need for Control; CC, Cognitive Confidence).