TABLE 2.

Model Parameter Estimates from the multigroup two-wave, autoregressive cross-lagged analyses.

Subgroups metacognition	High (n = 186)				Low (n = 247)
Effects	B	S. E	p	beta	B	S. E	p	Beta
Worry1 → Worry2	0.614	0.128	0.000	0.586	0.961	0.109	0.000	0.927
Rumination1 → Rumination2	0.880	0.122	0.000	0.804	0.860	0.132	0.000	0.793
Worry1 → Rumination2	–0.133	0.079	0.089	–0.154	0.009	0.104	0.932	0.009
Rumination1 → Worry2	0.395	0.168	0.000	0.299	–0.004	0.105	0.968	–0.004
Worry1 ↔ Rumination1	0.137	0.027	0.000	0.520	0.098	0.016	0.000	0.563
Worry2 ↔ Rumination2	0.077	0.023	0.001	0.574	0.038	0.009	0.000	0.797
Worry1
Age →	–0.008	0.010	0.429	–0.057	–0.003	0.004	0.423	–0.052
Gender →	0.514	0.098	0.000	0.381	0.313	0.064	0.000	0.323
Years of education →	–0.001	0.016	0.944	–0.005	–0.008	0.010	0.384	–0.050
Worry2
Age →	–0.004	0.007	0.614	–0.024	0.000	0.004	0.908	0.007
Gender →	–0.014	0.116	0.902	–0.010	0.010	0.051	0.841	0.010
Years of education →	–0.018	0.018	0.326	–0.076	–0.008	0.009	0.350	–0.047
Rumination1
Age →	–0.001	0.008	0.874	–0.011	–0.006	0.003	0.050	–0.106
Gender →	0.368	0.078	0.000	0.345	0.237	0.054	0.000	0.282
Years of education →	–0.021	0.014	0.118	–0.121	–0.012	0.011	0.264	–0.084
Rumination2
Age →	–0.004	0.007	0.567	–0.032	–0.002	0.004	0.580	–0.036
Gender →	0.046	0.099	0.641	0.039	–0.004	0.056	0.941	–0.005
Years of education →	–0.025	0.017	0.129	–0.131	0.014	0.009	0.137	0.089

Subscripts denote time. Statistically significant paths are shown in boldface. Forty-nine participants were not included for analyses due to missing data.