Table 3.

Multiple regression with three Habitual Tendencies Questionnaire (HTQ) subscales and four Alternative Uses Task (AUT) components as predictors of subclinical OCD symptomatology (as measured by the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory, OCI), with demographic variables age, gender, and educational attainment as covariates.

Dependent variable: OCI		Coefficients
Model		Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	t	p	95% Confidence interval for B
		B	Standard error	β			Lower bound	Upper bound
Step 1	(Constant)	24.646	6.475		3.807	0.000	11.831	37.461
	Age	−0.294	0.112	−0.233	−2.616	0.010*	−0.516	−0.071
	Gender	−0.204	2.729	−0.007	−0.075	0.940	−5.605	5.197
	Educational attainment	1.165	0.997	0.102	1.169	0.245	−0.808	3.137
	R2 = 0.065; F(3, 124) = 2.853, p = 0.040*
Step 2	(Constant)	12.440	7.073		1.759	0.081	−1.568	26.447
	Age	−0.146	0.091	−0.116	−1.609	0.110	−0.325	0.034
	Gender	−0.148	2.159	−0.005	−0.069	0.945	−4.424	4.127
	Educational attainment	0.546	0.808	0.048	0.675	0.501	−1.055	2.146
	HTQ compulsivity	1.425	0.188	0.523	7.596	<0.001***	1.053	1.796
	HTQ regularity	0.414	0.283	0.111	1.464	0.146	−0.146	0.974
	HTQ novelty	−0.041	0.293	−0.010	−0.140	0.889	−0.622	0.540
	AUT flexibility	−4.344	1.347	−0.408	−3.224	0.002**	−7.013	−1.676
	AUT elaboration	−0.192	0.746	−0.025	−0.258	0.797	−1.670	1.285
	AUT fluency	0.417	0.958	0.078	0.435	0.664	−1.480	2.313
	AUT originality	0.283	1.009	0.042	0.280	0.780	−1.715	2.281
	R2 = 0.491; F(7, 117) = 14.021, p < 0.001***

The bold values indicate statistically significant values.

^* p < 0.05,

^** p < 0.01,

^***p < 0.001.