1 Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.
2 Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
Assessment. 2019 Mar;26(2):223-234. doi: 10.1177/1073191116685807. Epub 2017 Jan 2.
The Metacognitions Questionnaire-30 (MCQ-30) is a self-report measure that assesses metacognitive beliefs (i.e., beliefs about thinking). Prior research has supported a correlated five-factor model, but no known published study has examined the tenability of second-order or bifactor models of the MCQ-30. Results supported a bifactor model of the MCQ-30 in a sample of community adults from the United States ( N = 785), as well as separately among men ( n = 372) and women ( n = 413). Multiple-groups confirmatory factor analysis supported the configural and metric/scalar invariance of the bifactor model among men and women. Results further supported the incremental validity of one of the MCQ-30 domain-specific factors in accounting for unique variance in an index of health anxiety beyond the general metacognition factor. Results provide support for a bifactor conceptualization of the MCQ-30 and the invariance of that model across men and women.
元认知问卷-30（MCQ-30）是一种自我报告的衡量工具，用于评估元认知信念（即关于思维的信念）。先前的研究支持相关的五因素模型，但没有已知的已发表研究检验 MCQ-30 的二阶或双因素模型的可行性。结果支持了美国社区成年人样本（N=785）中的 MCQ-30 的双因素模型，以及男性（n=372）和女性（n=413）样本中的双因素模型。多组验证性因子分析支持了双因素模型在男性和女性中的结构等效性和度量/标度不变性。结果进一步支持了 MCQ-30 的一个特定领域因素在解释健康焦虑指数中除了一般元认知因素之外的独特方差方面的增量有效性。结果为 MCQ-30 的双因素概念化以及该模型在男性和女性中的不变性提供了支持。
