A short form of the metacognitions questionnaire: Properties of the MCQ-30

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 385-396

  Wells, Adrian ^a,b   Cartwright Hatton, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Metacognition; Metacognitions questionnaire; Rating scales; Reliability; Validity; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 1442285818     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(03)00147-5     Document Type: Article

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