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Metacognitive beliefs in depressed in-patients: adaptation and validation of the short version of the Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ-30) for French clinical and non-clinical samples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2020

Axel Baptista ,
Charlotte Soumet-Leman ,
Arnauld Visinet  and
Roland Jouvent
Axel Baptista*
Affiliation:
Département de Psychiatrie de l’Enfant et de l’Adolescent, AP-HP Hôpital Universitaire de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47–83 boulevard de l’hôpital, 75013Paris, France
Charlotte Soumet-Leman
Affiliation:
Département de Psychiatrie Adulte, AP-HP Hôpital Universitaire de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47–83 boulevard de l’hôpital, 75013Paris, France Institut du Cerveau et de la Moëlle épiniere, UMR 7225, 47–83 boulevard de l’hôpital, 75013Paris, France
Arnauld Visinet
Affiliation:
Département de Psychiatrie Adulte, AP-HP Hôpital Universitaire de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47–83 boulevard de l’hôpital, 75013Paris, France
Roland Jouvent
Affiliation:
Département de Psychiatrie Adulte, AP-HP Hôpital Universitaire de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47–83 boulevard de l’hôpital, 75013Paris, France Institut du Cerveau et de la Moëlle épiniere, UMR 7225, 47–83 boulevard de l’hôpital, 75013Paris, France Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6, 4 place Jussieu, 75005Paris, France
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*Corresponding author. Email: axel.baptista@gmail.com
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Abstract

Background:

The short form of the Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ-30) is a brief multi-dimensional measure which explores the metacognitive processes and beliefs about worry and cognition that are central to the vulnerability and maintenance of emotional disorders.

Aims:

The first aim of the study was to create and validate a French version of the MCQ-30 in a non-clinical and a clinical sample of depressed in-patients.

Method:

A French adaptation of the MCQ-30 was administered to a sample of 467 individuals from the general population and 73 hospitalized patients with major depressive disorder. Internal consistency was measured by Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients. Factor structure was assessed using a confirmatory factor analysis on the non-clinical group and a multi-trait–multi-method analysis on the psychiatric group. Criterion validity was explored by comparing the scores of the two samples. Measures of rumination, worry and depression were used to explore convergent validity.

Results:

Confirmatory factor analysis in the non-clinical sample indicated that the French version of the MCQ-30 has the same factor structure as the MCQ-30’s original five-factor solution. In the clinical sample, the multi-trait–multi-method analysis revealed discrepancies with the original factor structure, and the MCQ-30 and its subscales were less reliable. Our results provide evidence of a convergent validity. The MCQ-30 scores were also able to discriminate between psychiatric and non-clinical samples.

Conclusions:

Our results show that the French version of the MCQ-30 is a valid instrument for measuring metacognitive beliefs in non-clinical population. Further research is needed to support its use among depressed in-patients.

Keywords

assessmentdepressionFrench versionmetacognitionpsychometric propertiesworry
Type
Brief Clinical Report
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 48 , Issue 4 , July 2020 , pp. 498 - 502
Copyright
© British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2020

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