Transcultural, transdiagnostic and concurrent validity of a Control Scale of ME/CFS, FM & Type 1 Diabetes

Source: London South Bank University

Preprint Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Date: March 25, 2019 / April 21, 2020

URL: http://researchopen.lsbu.ac.uk/3060/

Transcultural, transdiagnostic, and concurrent validity of a revised Metacognitions about Symptoms Control Scale
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Fernie, B.A., Aoun, A., Kollmann, J., Spada, M.M., and Nikcevic, A.V.

- King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, London, UK

Abstract

Anxiety and depression add to the burden of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Fibromyalgia (FM), and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM).

Metacognitions play a role in this distress. The Metacognitions about Symptoms Control Scale (MaSCS) measures metacognitive beliefs regarding symptoms but has weaknesses. The current study created a revised MaSCS (MaSCS-R) in English, German, and Arabic versions using CFS, FM, and T1DM samples, and examined the transcultural, transdiagnostic, and concurrent validity of metacognitions about symptom control. This study used data from a total of 563 participants clinically diagnosed with CFS (n=124; English), FM (n=348; German), or T1DM (n=91; Lebanese). CFS and FM data had been used in earlier published studies but were subjected to new analyses. CFS data was used to create the English version of the MaSCS-R, and FM and T1DM data for German and Arabic versions.

Metacognitions about worry, anxiety, depression, and symptom severity were measured. The three MaSCS-R versions, consisting of two factors (each with four items), had adequate psychometric properties, possessing configural and metric invariance. Metacognitive factors were associated with distress and symptom severity in all three samples. Metacognitions about symptom control have transcultural, transdiagnostic, and concurrent validity.

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(c) 2019 London South Bank University

 

Who knew people thought about their existence. Thank goodness the luminaries from Kings College London Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience are here to shed such light on the shadowy depths of the human condition.

 

I never metacognition I didn't like.

 

About as fruitful as trying to parse an inane philosophical tract. Psychiatrists live with the fairies.