Role of rumination in the relationship between metacognition and shyness

Table 1 Correlation analyses

	STAI-Y anxiety	RCBS-shyness	MCQ-metacognition	RRS-rumination
	r (p)	r (p)	r (p)	r (p)
STAI-Y anxiety	1
RCBS-shyness	0.022 (0.82)	1
MCQ-metacognition	0.19 (0.05)	0.223 (0.02)	1
RRS-rumination	0.071 (0.47)	0.413 (< 0.001)	0.734 (< 0.001)	1

STAI-Y: State trait anxiety inventory form Y; RCBS: Revised cheek and buss shyness scale; RRS: Ruminative response scale; MCQ: Metacognitions questionnaire 30.

Table 2 Mediating effects of rumination in the relationship between metacognitive beliefs and shyness (controlled for sex and anxiety)

	B	SE	P	95% BCaCI
Step 1
Sex	2.32	2.43	0.34	-0.49
Anxiety	0.09	0.12	0.46	-0.49
Metacognition (IV)	0.11	0.05	0.02	0.01-0.21
Shyness (DV)
Step 2
Sex	4.11	1.78	0.02	0.57-7.65
Anxiety	0.12	0.09	0.19	-0.36
Metacognition (IV)	0. 41	0.03	< 0.001	0.33-0.48
Rumination (M)
Step 3
Sex	0.28	2.33	0.9	-9.28
Anxiety	0.03	0.11	0.77	-0.46
Metacognition (IV)	-0.08	0.06	0.23	-0.28	Total Effect: 0.11; BC: 0.01-0.22; P: 0.02
Rumination (M)	0.49	0.12	< 0.001	0.23-0.75	Direct Effect: 0-0.08; BC:-0.22-0.05; P: 0.23
Shyness (DV)					Indirect Effect: 0.20; CB: 0.08-0.33

IV: Independent variable; DV: Dependent variable; M: Mediator; 95% BCaCI: 95% bias-corrected and accelerated.