An empirical investigation of the associations between metacognition, mindfulness experiential avoidance, depression, and anxiety

Table 2 Levels of metacognition, mindfulness, experiential avoidance, and symptoms (n = 363)

	Range	Min-Max	Mean	SD	α
MCQ-30	30–120	30–96	50.37	11.35	0.89
Cognitive confidence	6–24	6–24	9.80	3.51	0.84
Positive beliefs about worry	6–24	6–22	8.97	2.81	0.82
Negative beliefs about worry	6–24	6–24	10.89	3.84	0.81
Cognitive self-consciousness	6–24	6–24	12.44	3.77	0.80
Need to control thoughts	6–24	6–20	8.26	2.65	0.73
FFMQ-24	24–120	47–116	86.85	12.58	0.89
Observing	4–20	4–20	15.15	3.21	0.80
Describing	5–25	8–25	19.77	3.66	0.86
Acting with awareness	5–25	6–25	17.18	3.45	0.81
Non-reactivity to inner experience	5–25	7–25	16.82	3.76	0.82
Non-judging of inner experience	5–25	6–25	17.93	4.50	0.80
AAQ-II	7–49	7–46	18.50	8.73	0.92
PHQ-9	0–27	0–25	6.32	4.83	0.87
GAD-7	0–21	0–19	4.66	3.95	0.88

Note. MCQ-30 = Metacognitions Questionnaire-30; FFMQ-24 = Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-24; AAQ-II = Acceptance & Action Questionnaire-II; PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire-9; GAD-7 = Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item

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