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Table 1 Means (M), standard deviations (SD), and correlations representing the relationship between decentering, severity of depressive symptoms and self-focussed attention

From: Exploring the relationship of decentering to health related concepts and cognitive and metacognitive processes in a student sample

 

M (SD)

2

3

4

5

1 Accepting self-perceptiona

12.6 (2.1)

.31*

−.51**

−.43**

.40**

2 Distanced perspectivea

9.3 (2.6)

–

−.41**

−.64**

.39**

3 Depressive symptomsb

−2.4 (0.8)

–

–

.61**

−.28*

4 Dysfunctional self-focussed attentionc

33.5 (8.4)

–

–

–

−.31*

5 Functional self-focussed attentionc

29.9 (4.2)

–

–

–

–

  1. *p < 0.05
  2. **p < 0.01
  3. aassessed with the German version of the Experiences Questionnaire (EQ-D)
  4. bassessed with the adaptive Rasch-based depression screening (A-DESC)
  5. cassessed with the Questionnaire of Dysfunctional and Functional Self-Consciousness (DFS)