Division of Psychology, School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, UK; Studi Cognitivi, Milan, Italy; Sigmund Freud University, Milan, Italy.
Department of Psychology, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK.
Psychiatry Res. 2018 Mar;261:367-374. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.01.018. Epub 2018 Jan 10.
Recent research has suggested that metacognitions may play a role across the spectrum of addictive behaviours. The goal of our studies was to develop the first self-report scale of metacognitions about gambling. We conducted three studies with one community (n = 165) and two clinical (n = 110; n = 87) samples to test the structure and psychometric properties of the Metacognitions about Gambling Questionnaire and examined its capacity to prospectively predict severity of gambling. Findings supported a two factor solution consisting of positive and negative metacognitions about gambling. Internal consistency, predictive and divergent validity were acceptable. All the factors of the Metacognitions about Gambling Questionnaire correlated positively with gambling severity. Regression analyses showed that negative metacognitions about gambling were significantly associated to gambling severity over and above negative affect and gambling-specific cognitive distortions. Finally only gambling severity and negative metacognitions about gambling were significant prospective predictors of gambling severity as measured three months later. The Metacognitions about Gambling Questionnaire was shown to possess good psychometric properties, as well as predictive and divergent validity within the populations that were tested.
最近的研究表明，元认知可能在成瘾行为的整个范围内发挥作用。我们研究的目的是开发第一个关于赌博的元认知自我报告量表。我们进行了三项研究，一项是针对社区人群（n=165），另外两项是针对临床人群（n=110；n=87），以检验赌博元认知问卷的结构和心理测量特性，并考察其对赌博严重程度的预测能力。研究结果支持了一个由积极和消极的赌博元认知组成的两因素解决方案。内部一致性、预测和区分效度是可以接受的。赌博元认知问卷的所有因素都与赌博严重程度呈正相关。回归分析显示，在考虑到消极情绪和特定于赌博的认知扭曲后，消极的赌博元认知与赌博严重程度显著相关。最后，只有赌博严重程度和消极的赌博元认知是三个月后测量的赌博严重程度的显著前瞻性预测因素。赌博元认知问卷在测试的人群中具有良好的心理测量特性，以及预测和区分效度。
