Beliefs about worry and intrusions: The Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire and its correlates
Beliefs about worry and intrusions: The Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire and its correlates
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DOI：
10.1016/s0887-6185(97)00011-x
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发表时间：
1997-05-01
影响因子：
10.3
通讯作者：
Wells, A
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作者：
CartwrightHatton, S;Wells, A
这份报告描述了元认知问卷的发展，以衡量对担心和侵入性想法的信念。因子分析的规模表现出五个经验不同的和相对稳定的元认知维度。四个代表信念的因素是：关于担心的积极信念;关于思想可控性和相应危险的消极信念;认知信心;以及关于一般思想的消极信念，包括迷信，惩罚和责任。第五个因素代表了元认知过程-认知自我意识-意识到并监控思维的倾向。该措施表现出良好的心理测量学性能的一系列指标的信度和validation.Scores的问卷分量表预测措施的担心倾向，倾向于强迫症状，焦虑。回归分析显示，焦虑的独立预测因素是：关于焦虑的积极信念;关于思想可控性和相应危险的消极信念;以及认知信心。特别是MCQ分量表的显着差异表现为侵入性思维，临床对照组和正常患者之间。这些研究结果的影响模型的担心和侵入性的想法进行了讨论。(C)1997年爱思唯尔科学有限公司
This report describes the development of the Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire to measure beliefs about worry and intrusive thoughts. Factor analyses of the scale demonstrated five empirically distinct and relatively stable dimensions of metacognition. Four of the factors representing beliefs were: Positive Beliefs About Worry; Negative Beliefs About the Controllability of Thoughts and Corresponding Danger; Cognitive Confidence; and Negative Beliefs about Thoughts in General, including Themes of Superstition, Punishment and Responsibility. The fifth factor represented Meta-Cognitive processes - Cognitive Self-Consciousness - a tendency to be aware of and monitor thinking. The measure showed good psychometric properties on a range of indices of reliability and validity.Scores on the questionnaire subscales predicted measures of worry proneness, proneness to obsessional symptoms, and anxiety. Regression analyses showed that the independent predictors of worry were: Positive Beliefs about Worry; Negative Beliefs About the Controllability of Thoughts and Corresponding Danger; and Cognitive Confidence. Significant differences in particular MCQ subscales were demonstrated between patients with intrusive thoughts, clinical controls and normals. The implications of these findings for models of worry and intrusive thoughts are discussed. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.