Testing times: the association of intolerance of uncertainty and metacognitive beliefs to test anxiety in college students

Table 2 Statistics for each step of the regression, predicting test anxiety (n = 668)

Step	Variable	Model statistics			Parameter estimates
Step	Variable	ΔR²	ΔF	p	β	b (95% CI BCa)	p
1		.06	22.60	< .001
	Age				.00	− 0.01 (− 0.37, 0.34)	.976
	Gender				− .25	− 8.33 (− 10.64, − 6.06)	< .001
2		.20	181.74	< .001
	Age				.02	0.09 (− 0.25, 0.41)	.601
	Gender				− .22	− 7.36 (− 9.37, − 5.35)	< .001
	IUS-12				.45	0.66 (0.56, 0.75)	< .001
3		.13	29.48	< .001
	Age				− .01	− 0.04 (− 0.35, 0.26)	.823
	Gender				− .16	− 5.12 (− 6.98, − 3.18)	< .001
	IUS-12				.18	0.27 (0.15, 0.38)	< .001
	MCQ-30-POS				.01	0.03 (− 0.20, 0.27)	.773
	MCQ-30-NEG				.42	1.21 (0.95, 1.45)	< .001
	MCQ-30-CC				.15	0.46 (0.26, 0.67)	< .001
	MCQ-30-NC				− .05	− 0.19 (− 0.53, 0.15)	.255
	MCQ-30-CSC				− .02	− 0.09 (− 0.35, 0.18)	.526

BCa, Bias-corrected and accelerated; IUS-12, Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-12; MCQ-30, Metacognitions Questionnaire-30; POS, positive beliefs about worry; NEG, negative beliefs about the uncontrollability and danger of worry; CC, cognitive confidence; NC, need to control thoughts; CSC, cognitive self-consciousness

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