Table 3.

Group cohesion (A), therapeutic alliance (B), and competence (C) as predictor of treatment outcome

	B	SE	95% CI	t	p
A. Group cohesion as predictor of treatment outcome of MBCT
Intercept	10.68	5.19	[0.27, 21.1]	2.06	0.045
Baseline level of outcome	0.73	0.09	[0.55, 0.91]	7.93	<0.01
Group cohesion	−0.10	0.53	[−0.21, 0.01]	−1.94	0.058
Group subscale	−0.36	0.15	[−0.66, −.06]	−2.38	0.020*
Member subscale	−0.02	0.18	[−0.39, 0.35]	−0.10	0.918
Cooperation subscale	−0.41	0.25	[−0.92, 0.10]	−1.60	0.113
Instrumental subscale	−0.33	0.12	[−0.57, −0.09]	−2.75	0.008*
B. Therapeutic alliance as predictor of treatment outcome of MBCT
Intercept	9.90	3.87	[2.08, 17.7]	2.55	0.014
Baseline level of outcome	0.63	0.09	[0.44, 0.82]	6.63	<0.001
Therapeutic alliance	−0.18	0.71	[−0.32, −0.03]	−2.50	0.016*
Goal subscale	−0.53	0.20	[−0.92, −0.13]	−2.68	0.010*
Task subscale	−0.08	0.12	[−0.33, 0.18]	−0.60	0.552
Bond subscale	−0.19	0.22	[−0.62, 0.24]	−0.88	0.382
C. Therapist competence as predictor of treatment outcome of MBCT
Intercept	0.70	3.29	[−6.31, 7.72]	0.21	0.833
Baseline level of outcome	0.74	0.09	[0.57, 0.92]	8.45	<0.001
Therapist competence	−0.10	0.68	[−1.68, 1.48]	−0.15	0.833
Coverage	0.21	0.64	[−1.41, 1.84]	0.33	0.752
Relational skills	−0.16	0.61	[−1.59, 1.27]	−0.26	0.802
Embodiment	−0.16	0.55	[−1.57, 1.25]	−0.29	0.783
Guiding mindfulness	−0.01	0.70	[−1.67, 1.65]	−0.15	0.988
Didactic teaching	−0.01	0.55	[−1.29, 1.28]	−0.02	0.987
Group environment	−0.37	0.63	[−1.86, 1.11]	−0.58	0.576

Note. Total scale and subscale analyses were performed in separate multilevel analyses. MBCT: mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy.

^* p = <0.05.