Metacognitions Questionnaire-30.

MCQ-30

What it measures

Metacognitive beliefs and processes implicated in psychological disorder (the metacognitive / S-REF model): positive beliefs about worry, negative beliefs about uncontrollability and danger of thoughts, cognitive confidence, need to control thoughts, and cognitive self-consciousness

Length and format

30 (5 subscales x 6). 4-point agreement (1 do not agree to 4 agree very much), summed; subscales 6-24, total 30-120; higher = more unhelpful metacognitions (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages incl. ES, IT, DE, NO, FR, ZH, FA, TR and others; broadly cross-validated

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Wells, A., & Cartwright-Hatton, S. (2004). A short form of the Metacognitions Questionnaire: properties of the MCQ-30. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42(4), 385-396.