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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Assessment. 2017 Mar 29;26(6):1084–1104. doi: 10.1177/1073191117698753

Table 3.

Validation Sample Descriptives.

n M SD
PCQ
 LC 399 2.67 1.13
 PF 399 2.84 0.99
 EW 399 1.82 1.23
 SC 399 2.74 1.17
 DP 399 2.87 1.06
 DT 399 1.31 0.90
PCQ Total 399 2.36 0.84
Worry
 PSWQ 399 49.13 13.67
 MCQ–Positive Beliefs 396 9.70 4.08
 MCQ–Uncontrollability and Danger 396 10.36 4.35
 MCQ–Negative Beliefs–SPR 396 9.98 3.32
Rumination
 RRQ–Rumination 395 37.16 10.32
 RRS–Brooding 399 1.99 0.75
 PBRS 396 16.40 6.30
Reflection
 RRQ–Reflection 395 37.69 9.58
 RRS–Reflection 399 1.74 0.69
Obsessive Thinking
 OBQ–Responsibility 397 3.11 1.08
 OBQ–Perfectionism 397 3.59 1.22
 OBQ–Importance 397 2.50 0.98
 YBOCS–Obsessions 399 32.77 22.90
Negative Affect
 PANAS-NA 394 21.28 7.34
 DASS-Stress 393 9.74 8.98
Positive Affect
 PANAS-PA 394 29.21 7.34
 IDAS–Well-Being 394 22.86 7.14
Anxiety
 GAD-Q 399 4.36 3.78
 DASS–Anxiety 393 5.87 7.21
 IDAS–Panic 394 12.40 5.40
 IDAS–Social Anxiety 394 9.77 4.40
YBOCS–Total 399 53.44 36.27
Depression
 BDI-II 48 10.98 10.71
 DASS–Depression 393 7.24 8.75
 IDAS–General Depression 394 43.43 14.21
 IDAS–Dysphoria 394 21.14 8.37
Suicidality
 IDAS–Suicidality 394 8.03 3.82
Anger
 IDAS–Ill Temper 394 8.89 4.12
Insomnia
 IDAS–Insomnia 394 12.76 5.29

Note. 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; PSWQ = Penn State Worry Questionnaire; MCQ = Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire; SPR = superstitious, punishment and responsibility; RRQ = Rumination–Reflection Questionnaire; RRS = Ruminative Response Scale; PBRS = Positive Beliefs about Rumination Scale; OBQ = Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire; YBOCS = Yale–Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale; PANAS–PA and NA = Positive and Negative Affect Schedule–Positive Affect and Negative Affect; DASS = Depression Anxiety Stress Scale; IDAS = Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms; GAD-Q = Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire; BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory-II.