Table 2.

Factor structure of the Metacognitive Processes of Decentering Scale – Trait

Originating Scale	Item	Factor
		Meta Awareness	(Dis)Identification with Internal Experience	(Non)Reactivity to Internal Experience
EQ-D Δ	I am able to watch myself thinking.	.844	.095	−.148
O. I.	I am able to watch my thoughts and feelings like someone watching a movie.	.857	−.054	.033
O. I.	I can watch my thoughts and emotions drift by like leaves on a stream.	.889	−.044	.022
O. I.	I can watch my thoughts and emotions come and go like clouds.	.745	−.007	.140
SACS Δ	I am able to step back and watch my mind work.	.775	.039	.062
EQ-DΔ	My sense of self is larger than my thoughts and feelings.	.023	.840	−.034
EQ-DΔ	I am more than my thoughts and feelings.	−.117	.761	.119
TMS-D	My sense of self is separate from my changing thoughts and feelings.	.142	.774	−.091
EQ-DΔ	My thoughts and emotions are part of me, but they are not me.	−.068	.707	.064
TMS-D	I am separate from my changing thoughts and feelings.	.092	.673	.030
SACS Δ	I can observe unpleasant thoughts and feelings without trying to change them.	.042	−.003	.782
FFMQ-NRΔ	I can step back and be aware of distressing thoughts and emotions without being taken over by them.	.033	.062	.802
FFMQ-NRΔ	When I have distressing thoughts or emotions, I just notice them and let them go.	.087	−.055	.764
FFMQ-NRΔ	I can be aware of unpleasant thoughts or feelings without immediately reacting to them	−.086	.070	.668
FFMQ-NRΔ	When I have distressing thoughts or feelings I am able just to notice them without reacting.	−.002	.016	.697

Note. EQ-D = Experiences Questionnaire’s Decentering subscale; SACS = Self-as-Context Scale; TMS-D = Toronto Mindfulness Scale’s Decentering subscale; FFMQ-NR = Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire’s Non-reacting subscale; O.I. = Original Item.

^Δ= Item wording modified