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Table 2 Correlations and partial correlations between symptom measures and metacognitive beliefs

From: The role of metacognition and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in psychosis: an analogue study

 

Paranoia

Hallucinations

OCD

Anxiety

Depression

(PS)

(LSHS-R)

(OCI-R)

(GAD-7)

(PHQ-9)

LSHS-R

0.56 (0.32)

    

OCI-R

0.66 (0.44)

0.59 (0.35)

   

GAD-7

0.47

0.45

0.54

  

PHQ-9

0.61

0.60

0.62

0.69

 

MCQ

0.69 (0.50)

0.63 (.41)

0.70 (0.47)

0.61

0.64

 Positive beliefs

0.51 (0.38)

0.33 (.15*)

0.49 (0.31)

0.49

0.38

 Negative beliefs

0.61 (0.39)

0.53 (.29)

0.64 (0.40)

0.62

0.60

 Cogn. Confidence

0.42 (0.14 ns)

0.51 (.27)

0.49 (0.24)

0.36

0.55

 Need to control

0.62 (0.41)

0.63 (.44)

0.67 (0.47)

0.51

0.57

 Cogn. self-consc.

0.51 (0.39)

0.40 (.24)

0.40 (0.21**)

0.39

0.36

  1. LSHS-R The Launay–Slade Hallucination Scale - Revised, OCI-R Obsessive Compulsive Inventory – Revised, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire-9, GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, MCQ Metacognitions Questionnaire-30. Partial correlations presented in parentheses control for both anxiety and depression
  2. All correlations otherwise specified were significant (p < 0.001)
  3. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01