Table 2.
PCQ Scale Intercorrelations and Scale Statistics.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Men (n = 135) |
Women (n = 237) |
t | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | ||||||||
| Scale | |||||||||||
| 1. LC | (.87) | 2.64 | 1.04 | 2.71 | 1.25 | −0.58 | |||||
| 2. PF | .55 | (.93) | 3.02 | 1.12 | 2.99 | 1.20 | 0.27 | ||||
| 3. EW | .57 | .48 | (.89) | 1.86 | 1.25 | 1.89 | 1.35 | −0.18 | |||
| 4. SC | .65 | .59 | .49 | (.89) | 2.63 | 1.27 | 2.75 | 1.30 | −0.85 | ||
| 5. DP | .73 | .63 | .63 | .69 | (.96) | 2.72 | 1.20 | 2.86 | 1.25 | −1.07 | |
| 6. DT | .31 | .12 | .39 | .26 | .25 | (.94) | 1.17 | 1.04 | 1.06 | 1.13 | 0.93 |
| PCQ Total | (.96) | 2.29 | 0.82 | 2.33 | 0.95 | −0.34 | |||||
Note. N = 463. Scale reliability coefficients appear on the diagonal. PCQ = Perseverative Cognitions Questionnaire; LC = Lack of Controllability; PF = Preparing for the Future; EW = Expecting the Worst; SC = Searching for Causes/Meaning; DP = Dwelling on the Past; DT = Thinking Discordant with Ideal Self.