Table 8.

Item Response Theory parameter estimates for the Metacognitive Processes of Decentering Scale -Trait

		a	b1	b2	b3	b4	Info	% Info
	Meta-Awareness
EQ-DΔ	I am able to watch myself thinking.	1.55	−0.94	−0.46	0.64	1.45	6.20	14.6%
SACS Δ	I can watch my thoughts and emotions come and go like clouds.	1.83	−0.90	−0.46	0.75	1.50	7.33	17.3%
SACS Δ	I am able to step back and watch my mind work.	2.14	−1.19	−0.53	0.56	1.30	8.55	20.1%
SACS Δ	I am able to watch my thoughts and feelings like someone watching a movie.	2.47	−0.97	−0.26	0.62	1.46	9.87	23.2%
SACS Δ	I can watch my thoughts and emotions drift by like leaves on a stream.	2.63	−0.92	−0.30	0.60	1.55	10.53	24.5%
	(Dis)Identification with Internal Experience
EQ-DΔ	My thoughts and emotions are part of me, but they are not me.	0.80	−1.49	−1.09	0.12	1.55	3.18	10.2%
EQ-DΔ	I am more than my thoughts and feelings.	1.57	−1.89	−1.86	−0.63	0.54	6.27	20.1%
TMS-D	I am separate from my changing thoughts and feelings.	1.25	−1.55	−1.23	0.36	1.67	5.00	16.1%
EQ-DΔ	My sense of self is larger than my thoughts and feelings.	2.08	−1.78	−1.23	−0.22	0.86	8.31	26.7%
TMS-D	My sense of self is separate from my changing thoughts and feelings.	2.10	−1.64	−1.22	0.09	1.16	8.38	26.9%
	(Non)Reactivity to Internal Experience
FFMQ-NRΔ	I can be aware of unpleasant thoughts or feelings without immediately reacting to them.	1.13	−2.14	−1.39	0.19	1.79	4.53	14.3%
FFMQ-NRΔ	When I have distressing thoughts or feelings I am able to notice them without reacting.	1.47	−1.75	−0.80	0.59	1.89	5.89	18.6%
FFMQ-NRΔ	When I have distressing thoughts or emotions, I just notice them and let them go.	1.69	−1.51	−0.66	0.69	1.73	6.77	21.4%
SACS Δ	I can observe unpleasant thoughts and feelings without trying to change them.	1.31	−1.86	−0.96	0.52	1.85	5.24	16.5%
FFMQ-NRΔ	I can step back and be aware of distressing thoughts and emotions without being taken over by them.	2.31	−1.70	−0.97	0.26	1.39	9.24	29.2%

Note. Items selected for the MPoD-s italicized.