Validation of the Serbian version of the Metacognitions questionnaire (MCQ-30) in non-clinical and clinical samples.

Validation of the Serbian version of the Metacognitions questionnaire (MCQ-30) in non-clinical and clinical samples. Clin Psychol Psychother. 2019 Mar 20;: Authors: Marković V, Purić D, Vukosavljević-Gvozden T, Begović A Abstract The Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ-30) is a brief multidimensional measure used for assessment of metacognitive beliefs in psychopathology. The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of MCQ-30 in Serbian non-clinical (n=246) and clinical (n=171; anxiety and depressive disorders) samples. The reliability of the questionnaire and its subscales was satisfactory. An exploratory factor analysis yielded a five factor solution in both groups, while a confirmatory factor analysis showed a somewhat weaker fit of the model. The MCQ-30 showed positive associations with measures of anxiety, pathological worry, depressive and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in both samples, demonstrating adequate convergent validity. The instrument was sensitive to differences in metacognitive beliefs between non-clinical and clinical samples. MCQ-30 subscales showed incremental contributions in predicting pathological worry after controlling for the variance in obsessive-compulsive symptoms and vice versa. Our results suggest that the MCQ-30 is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing metacognitive beliefs in both non-clinical and clinical samples. Moreover, the findings support the use of the MCQ-30 in Se...
Source: Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Clin Psychol Psychother Source Type: research