Table 8.

Differential Relationships between PCQ Scales and Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and OCD.

Predictor	Outcome	R2	β	sr	sr2	t
Anxiety
LC	GAD-Q	.409***	.164	.091	.008	2.348*
PF			−.005	−.004	.000	−0.103
EW			.186	.132	.017	3.411**
SC			.053	.038	.001	0.991
DP			.319	.168	.028	4.318***
DT			.026	.018	.000	0.475
LC	DASS–	.320***	.184	.103	.011	2.445*
PF	Anxiety		.028	.021	.000	0.507
EW			.262	.187	.035	4.449***
SC			−.023	−.017	.000	−0.406
DP			−.038	−.020	.000	−0.482
DT			.243	.172	.030	4.088***
Depression
LC	BDI-II	.539***	.196	.120	.014	1.128
PF			−.044	−.033	.001	−0.309
EW			.550	.363	.132	3.421**
SC			−.011	−.009	.000	−0.083
DP			−.199	−.107	.011	−1.007
DT			.251	.158	.025	1.490
LC	DASS–	.388***	.170	.095	.009	2.383*
PF	Depression		−.189	−.143	.020	−3.585***
EW			.355	.253	.064	6.353***
SC			.101	.074	.005	1.854
DP			.061	.032	.001	0.810
DT			.163	.115	.013	2.891**
LC	IDAS–	.459***	.251	.140	.020	3.746***
PF	General		−.107	−.081	.007	−2.168*
EW	Depression		.301	.215	.046	5.741***
SC			.151	.110	.012	2.956**
DP			.128	.067	.004	1.805
DT			.056	.040	.002	1.057
OCD
LC	YBOCS	.285***	.220	.122	.015	2.867**
PF	Total		.177	.134	.018	3.128**
EW			.129	.092	.008	2.152*
SC			−.030	−.022	.000	−0.505
DP			−.037	−.019	.000	−0.455
DT			.204	.144	.021	3.379**

Note. N = 399. 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; OCD = obsessive compulsive disorder; DASS = Depression Anxiety Stress Scale; IDAS = Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms; GAD-Q = Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire; BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory-II; YBOCS = Yale–Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.