Variable

Descriptive indices

Subscales

Mean

Standard deviation

Skewness

Kurtosis

Standard error of kurtosis

Sig

Meta-cognitive beliefs of depressed people

Positive beliefs about worry

15.53

3.29

−0.206

−0.124

1.084

0.190

Uncontrollability and danger

18.34

3.45

−0.206

0.957

0.879

0.422

Cognitive confidence

16.15

3.77

−0.622

−0.345

1.330

0.058

Need to control thoughts

16.17

2.84

−0.499

0.415

1.133

0.153

Cognitive self-consciousness

16.01

3.32

−0.298

0.383

0.530

0.942

Meta-cognitive beliefs (total score)

82.22

11.77

−0.341

0.349

1.251

0.088

Meta-cognitive beliefs of obsessive people

Positive beliefs about worry

15.67

3.21

−0.553

−0.344

1.076

0.197

Uncontrollability and danger

18.67

2.46

−0.553

1.417

1.321

0.061

Cognitive confidence

12.89

3.95

−0.807

−0.685

−0.863

0.445

Need to control thoughts

17.34

2.65

0.187

−0.7610

1.004

0.266

Cognitive self-consciousness

18.03

2.48

−0.200

−0.265

0.835

0.488

Meta-cognitive beliefs (total score)

82.62

8.99

−0.154

−0.576

0.571

0.900

Meta-cognitive beliefs of normal people

Positive beliefs about worry

8.01

1.86

−0.008

4.573

1.576^*

0.014

Uncontrollability and danger

9.96

2.11

1.646

−0.151

1.601^*

0.012

Cognitive confidence

9.68

2.16

0.585

2.245

0.960

0.316

Need to control thoughts

11.34

2.84

0.773

0.266

0.825

0.504

Cognitive self-consciousness

13.05

3.23

0.424

0.275

0.937

0.344

Meta-cognitive beliefs (total score)

52.06

8.08

0.234

0.180

0.563

0.909