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

BMC Psychology

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

	oPBRS	oNBRS	oNBRS1	oNBRS2
oNBRS	0.303^**	-
oNBRS1	0.334^**	0.963^**	-
oNBRS2	0.153^**	0.813^**	0.627^**	-
CESD	0.197^**	0.459^**	0.439^**	0.382^**
MCQ2	0.371^**	0.059	0.088^**	-0.020
MCQ4	0.312^**	0.576^**	0.578^**	0.419^**
RRS	0.482^**	0.503^**	0.502^**	0.372^**
PSWQ	0.303^**	0.438^**	0.447^**	0.301^**
z-test	6.488^**	2.484^*	2.108^*	2.492^*

Note: oPBRS = original Positive Beliefs about Rumination Scale, oNBRS = original Negative Beliefs about Rumination Scale, oNBRS1 = original subscale 1 of NBRS (uncontrollability and harmfulness), oNBRS2 = original subscale 2 of NBRS (interpersonal and social consequences). ^** significant at the 0.01 level. ^* significant at the 0.05 level.

ISSN: 2050-7283