TABLE 4.

Hierarchical Linear Regression With Depression Symptoms as the Dependent, and Sex/Age/Education Level, Personality Traits, and Metacognitive Beliefs and Strategies as Predictors (n = 4963)

Depression–PHQ-9		F Change	R2 Change	r	t
1		139.727	0.078**
	Sex			−0.059	−4.334**
	Age			−0.193	−14.134**
	Education			−0.145	−10.576**
2		257.909	0.191**
	Sex			−0.033	−2.712**
	Age			−0.104	−8.534**
	Education			−0.104	−8.570**
	N			0.314	25.795**
	E			−0.086	−7.101**
	O			0.029	2.416*
	A			−0.082	−6.708**
	C			−0.078	−6.436**
3		128.670	0.019**
	Sex			−0.042	−3.506**
	Age			−0.081	−6.755**
	Education			−0.108	−8.962**
	N			0.296	24.591**
	E			−0.080	−6.650**
	O			0.023	1.890
	A			−0.066	−5.467**
	C			−0.079	−6.543**
	Positive MB			0.136	11.343**
4		516.708	0.068**
	Sex			−0.034	−2.976**
	Age			−0.056	−4.919**
	Education			−0.082	−7.144**
	N			0.215	18.811**
	E			−0.075	−6.563**
	O			0.024	2.095*
	A			−0.044	−3.808**
	C			−0.066	−5.763**
	Positive MB			0.007	0.620
	Negative MB			0.260	22.731**
5		2973.641	0.243**
	Sex			−0.010	−1.116
	Age			−0.016	−1.720*
	Education			−0.058	−6.454**
	N			0.030	3.294**
	E			−0.058	−6.371**
	O			−0.012	−1.322
	A			−0.024	−2.605**
	C			−0.054	−5.958**
	Positive MB			−0.049	−5.382**
	Negative MB			0.069	7.681**
	CAS			0.493	54.531**

r, semipartial (part) correlation; N, neuroticism; E, extraversion; O, openness; A, agreeableness; C, conscientiousness; MB, metacognitive beliefs; CAS, metacognitive strategies.

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.