The development of the Metacognition Assessment Interview: Instrument description, factor structure and reliability in a non-clinical sample

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 890-895

  Semerari, Antonio ^a   Cucchi, Michele ^b   Dimaggio, Giancarlo ^a   Cavadini, Daniele ^b   Carcione, Antonino ^a   Battelli, Vittoria ^b   Nicolò, Giuseppe ^a   Pedone, Roberto ^a,c   Siccardi, Tomaso ^b   D'Angerio, Stefania ^a   Ronchi, Paolo ^b   Maffei, Cesare ^b   Smeraldi, Enrico ^b  

^a Terzo Centro di Psicoterapia Cognitiva   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Factor structure; Interview; Metacognition; Metacognition assessment; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; METACOGNITION ASSESSMENT INTERVIEW; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84872419626     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.07.015     Document Type: Article

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