Centering JLabel using GroupLayout

Question

I want to group a couple check-boxes together and place some text above it (think of it like a section in a form where there's a description of what this part of the form entails and a series of check-boxes)

See attached picture for visual representation:

My goal is to center the word 'Miscellaneous' so it sits in the center rather than on the far left.

I've tried changing the horizontal alignment of the JLabel like so:

miscellaneous = new JLabel("Miscellaneous");
miscellaneous.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);

But it hasn't seem to have helped. I have also tried this:

miscellaneous = new JLabel("Miscellaneous", SwingConstants.CENTER);

And again with no success.

Here's the full snippet of code that generates the above attached picture:

    miscellaneous = new JLabel("Miscellaneous");
    movement = new JCheckBox("Movement");
    consumables = new JCheckBox("Consumables");
    layoutM = new GroupLayout(miscGroup);
    miscGroup.setLayout(layoutM);

    layoutM.setAutoCreateGaps(true);
    layoutM.setAutoCreateContainerGaps(true);

    layoutM.setHorizontalGroup(layoutM.createSequentialGroup()
             .addGroup(layoutM.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                 .addComponent(miscellaneous)
                 .addGroup(layoutM.createSequentialGroup()
                      .addGroup(layoutM.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                              .addComponent(movement))
                      .addGroup(layoutM.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                              .addComponent(consumables))))
            );

    layoutM.setVerticalGroup(layoutM.createSequentialGroup()
            .addGroup(layoutM.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                .addComponent(miscellaneous))
                .addGroup(layoutM.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                        .addGroup(layoutM.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addGroup(layoutM.createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                                        .addComponent(movement)
                                        .addComponent(consumables))))
            );

Any help/hints would be appreciated, thanks.