A Metacognitive Perspective on Mindfulness: An Empirical Investigation

BMC Psychology

Table 5 Hierarchical regression analysis with PHQ-9 as dependent variable (n = 224)

	F cha	R² cha	β	t
Step 1	2.69	.02
Gender			.04	.55
Age			-.15	−2.26*
Step 2 Metacognition	191.91***	.46	.69	13.85***
Step 3 Mindfulness	9.95**	.02
Gender			.04	.75
Age			.01	.13
Metacognition			.66	13.35***
Mindfulness			-.16	−3.15**

Note. PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < .001

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