Metacognitions in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A psychometric study of the Metacognitions Questionnaire-30
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The MCQ-30 demonstrates high internal consistency (Cronbach's α = .72 to .93) and has good convergent validity.
“The MCQ-30 demonstrates high internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = .72 to .93) [84] and has been shown to have good convergent validity [85].”
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- Authors
- Grøtte, T., Solem, S., Myers, S. G., Hjemdal, O., Vogel, P. A., Güzey, I. C., Hansen, B., Nordahl, H. M., & Fisher, P.
- Affiliations
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Haukeland University Hospital (NO)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Grøtte, Torun
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-10
- Volume
- 11
- Pages
- 82-90
- ISSN
- 2211-3649 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2521888378
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 3.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Helse- og Omsorgsdepartementet
- Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Keywords
- Metacognitions Questionnaire-30, metacognition, obsessive-compulsive disorder, metacognitive beliefs, factor structure, convergent validity, psychological intervention, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, psychometric properties
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