Turk Psikiyatri Derg. 2024 Summer;35(2):127-136. doi: 10.5080/u26770.
The aim of the present study was to adapt the Metacognitive Beliefs about Health Anxiety Questionnaire (MCQ-HA) to Turkish, and to evaluate its psychometric properties.
The study consisted of 631 participants, 146 of whom were diagnosed with a physical illness, while 485 of whom did not have any physical illness.
As similar to its original form, factor analysis results confirmed a three-factor structure in samples with and without physical illness, as well as in the total sample. Results of composite reliability, itemtotal correlation and test-retest analyses revealed acceptable reliability coefficients for the MCQ-HA. Convergent validity of the MCQHA was supported with significant correlations with health anxiety symptoms and somatosensory amplification both in physical illness and healthy samples. Result of discriminant validity analysis revealed that the MCQ-HA was able to differentiate individuals with high and low levels of health anxiety. Incremental validity examinations showed that the MCQ-HA accounted for additional variance in health anxiety after controlling for neuroticism.
The Turkish form of the MCQ-HA has similar psychometric properties to its original form, and a valid and reliable assessment device to be used in studies focusing on health anxiety.
本研究旨在将健康焦虑元认知信念问卷(MCQ-HA)改编为土耳其语,并评估其心理测量学特性。
该研究共纳入 631 名参与者,其中 146 名被诊断为躯体疾病,485 名无躯体疾病。
与原始形式相似,因子分析结果在有和无躯体疾病的样本以及总样本中均证实了三因素结构。MCQ-HA 的复合信度、条目总分相关和重测分析结果表明其具有可接受的信度系数。MCQ-HA 的聚合效度在躯体疾病和健康样本中均得到支持,与健康焦虑症状和躯体感觉放大呈显著相关。判别效度分析结果表明,MCQ-HA 能够区分高、低健康焦虑个体。增量有效性检验表明,在控制神经质后,MCQ-HA 可解释健康焦虑的额外变异。
土耳其语版 MCQ-HA 具有与原始形式相似的心理测量学特性,是研究健康焦虑的有效、可靠的评估工具。