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The Factor Structure and Concurrent Validity of the Korean Version of the Metacognitions Questionnaire 30 (K‐MCQ‐30)
Author(s) -
Cho Yongrae,
Jahng Seungmin,
Chai Sukhi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20867
Subject(s) - psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , concurrent validity , sample (material) , clinical psychology , psychometrics , structural equation modeling , statistics , internal consistency , chemistry , mathematics , chromatography
Objectives We aimed to examine the factor structure of a Korean version of the Metacognitions Questionnaire 30 (K‐MCQ‐30) and to further evaluate its concurrent validity. Method Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on the data sets from two independent samples of Korean college students ( n = 662; n = 664). Correlation and multiple regression analyses were conducted on the cross‐sectional data from another sample ( n = 97). Results The 5‐factor model of the K‐MCQ‐30 showed a good fit to the first sample after minor modification. The revised 5‐factor model was replicated with the second sample. Five factors of the K‐MCQ‐30 had positive correlations with measures of emotional disorder symptoms and predicted each of the symptoms in different ways. Conclusions These results provide general support for the 5‐factor structure of the K‐MCQ‐30 and its good concurrent validity in nonclinical samples.