TABLE 2.

Correlations of tinnitus distress and meta-cognitions, anxiety, depression, and worries.

	MCQ pos	MCQ neg	MCQ CC	MCQ NC	MCQ CSC	PSWQ	BDI	BAI
THI total score	0.13	0.38***	0.15	0.32**	0.10	0.45***	0.68***	0.47***
MCQ pos		0.26**	0.26**	0.34***	0.39***	0.11	−0.02	0.02
MCQ neg			0.11	0.49***	0.43***	0.61***	0.51***	0.50***
MCQ CC				0.09	0.09	0.20*	0.23*	0.33**
MCQ NC					0.47***	0.31**	0.29**	0.26**
MCQ CSC						0.36***	0.19	0.15
PSWQ total score							0.63***	0.64**
BDI								0.68**

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001; THI, Tinnitus Handicap Inventory; MCQ, Metacognition Questionnaire; pos, positive beliefs about worry; neg, negative beliefs about the controllability of thoughts and danger of worry; CC, cognitive confidence; NC, beliefs about the need to control thoughts; CSC, cognitive self-consciousness; PSWQ, Penn State Worry Questionnaire; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory.