The psychometric properties of positive and negative beliefs about the rumination scale in Chinese undergraduates

BMC Psychology

Table 3 Correlation matrix of modified PBRS and NBRS, original PBRS and NBRS, and self-report scales (n = 1025)

	mPBRS	mPBRS1	mPBRS2	mNBRS	mNBRS1	mNBRS2	mNBRS3
mPBRS1	0.874^**	-
mPBRS2	0.947^**	0.671^**	-
mNBRS	0.328^**	0.388^**	0.244^**	-
mNBRS1	0.267^**	0.320^**	0.196^**	0.903^**	-
mNBRS2	0.116^**	0.173^**	0.062^*	0.736^**	0.556^**	-
mNBRS3	0.390^**	0.428^**	0.312^**	0.779^**	0.519^**	0.397^**	-
CESD	0.211^**	0.283^**	0.135^**	0.453^**	0.369^**	0.426^**	0.313^**
MCQ2	0.366^**	0.245^**	0.396^**	0.064^*	0.005	0.172^**	-0.015
MCQ4	0.321^**	0.359^**	0.252^**	0.575^**	0.466^**	0.549^**	0.390^**
RRS	0.485^**	0.492^**	0.414^**	0.507^**	0.423^**	0.488^**	0.315^**
PSWQ	0.314^**	0.341^**	0.253^**	0.435^**	0.318^**	0.479^**	0.277^**
z-test	6.224^**	5.555^**	5.647^**	2.753^**	3.752^**	0.348	1.309

Note: mPBRS = modified Positive Beliefs about Rumination Scale, mPBRS1 = Subscale 1 of modified PBRS (Understanding feelings and causes), mPBRS2 = Subscale 2 of modified PBRS (Problem discovering and preventing), mNBRS = modified Negative Beliefs about Rumination Scale, mNBRS 1 = Subscale 1 of modified NBRS (Consequences of rumination), mNBRS2 = Subscale 2 of modified NBRS (Uncontrollability of rumination), mNBRS3 = Subscale 3 of modified NBRS (Self-appraisal with rumination), CES-D = the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale, MCQ2 = positive beliefs about worry, MCQ4 = negative beliefs about thoughts concerning uncontrollable and danger, RRS = Ruminative Response Scale, PSWQ = Penn State Worry Questionnaire. ^** significant at the 0.01 level. ^* significant at the 0.05 level

ISSN: 2050-7283