Measuring metacognitions associated with emotional distress: Factor structure and predictive validity of the metacognitions questionnaire 30

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 238-242

  Spada, Marcantonio M ^a   Mohiyeddini, Changiz ^a   Wells, Adrian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Metacognition; Metacognitions questionnaire; Psychometric properties; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 44549086211     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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