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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 6.

External Correlates of the PCQ.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
  1. LC (.84)
  2. PF .49*** (.87)
  3. EW .56*** .41*** (.89)
  4. SC .60*** .54*** .41*** (.84)
  5. DP .79*** .62*** .60*** .61*** (.95)
  6. DT .61*** .34*** .62*** .47*** .52*** (.89)
  7. PCQ Total .86*** .71*** .74*** .73*** .91*** .76*** (.96)
Negative Affect
  8. PANAS-NA .50*** .23*** .50*** .36*** .47*** .51*** .55*** (.83)
  9. DASS–Stress .58*** .34*** .58*** .42*** .54*** .50*** .62*** .76*** (.95)
Positive Affect
 10. PANAS–PA −.30*** −.11* −.41*** −.25*** −.30*** −.25*** −.33*** −.13* −.31*** (.85)
 11. IDAS–Well-Being −.35*** −.15*** −.48*** −.21*** −.34*** −.31*** −.38*** −.29*** −.37*** .69*** (.90)
Anxiety
 12. GAD–Q .57*** .39** .50*** .43*** .60*** .43*** .62*** .57*** .62*** −.29*** −.34*** (.94)
 13. DASS–Anxiety .45*** .28*** .50*** .30*** .40*** .50*** .50*** .73*** .81*** −.22*** −.24*** .49*** (.92)
 14. IDAS–Panic .37*** .17** .40*** .26*** .31*** .45*** .41*** .63*** .67*** −.20*** −.17** .43*** .82*** (.88)
 15. IDAS–Social .49*** .32*** .49*** .42*** .50*** .50*** .57*** .62*** .71*** −.25*** −.22*** .54*** .67*** .65*** (.84)
Anxiety
 16. YBOCS–Total .46*** .37*** .42*** .32*** .41*** .45*** .51** .43*** .56*** −.25*** −.21*** .43*** .47*** .46*** .54*** (.96)
Depression
 17. BDI-II .49*** .26*** .56*** .38*** .46*** .53*** .55*** .44** .45** −.45** −.51*** .56*** .54*** .22 .40** .59*** (.93)
 18. DASS– .49*** .19*** .55*** .36*** .44*** .50*** .53*** .66*** .77*** −.43*** −.43*** .52*** .75*** .63*** .63*** .47*** .59*** (.96)
Depression
 19. IDAS–General .60*** .32*** .57*** .47*** .56*** .50*** .63*** .69*** .77*** −.45*** −.54*** .66*** .65*** .65*** .68*** .54*** .54*** .78*** (.92)
Depression
 20. IDAS–Dysphoria .62*** .33*** .56*** .51*** .58*** .52*** .65*** .72*** .80*** −.41*** −.47*** .67*** .68*** .65*** .71*** .54*** .48** .79*** .96*** (.91)
Suicidality
 21. IDAS–Suicidality .29*** .10 .38*** .17** .24*** .40*** .33*** .50*** .49*** −.15** −.17** .29*** .57*** .56*** .46*** .34*** .33* .65*** .57*** .55*** (.87)
Anger
 22. IDAS–III Temper .37*** .18*** .41*** .22*** .33*** .40*** .40*** .60*** .72*** −.14** −.17** .38*** .60*** .58*** .50*** .46*** .36* .59*** .62*** .63*** .59*** (.87)
Insomnia
 23. IDAS–Insomnia .41*** .26*** .38*** .31*** .36*** .32*** .42*** .51*** .57*** −.22*** −.27*** .45*** .54*** .57*** .49*** .36*** .17 .50*** .73*** .65*** .41*** .50*** (.84)

Note. N = 399. 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; 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.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.