Metacognitive beliefs in primary insomnia: developing and validating the Metacognitions Questionnaire--Insomnia (MCQ-I)

Joanne Waine; Niall M Broomfield; Stephen Banham; Colin A Espie

doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2008.03.002

Metacognitive beliefs in primary insomnia: developing and validating the Metacognitions Questionnaire--Insomnia (MCQ-I)

Joanne Waine
, Niall M Broomfield
, Stephen Banham
, Colin A Espie

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Abstract

Patients with Primary insomnia often experience intrusive, worrisome cognitive activity in the pre-sleep period. Metacognitive beliefs may explain this yet no valid reliable scale exists. The present study, therefore, developed the Metacognitions Questionnaire--Insomnia (MCQ-I). Following initial metacognitive insomnia profiling interviews, item refinement produced a preliminary 60-item MCQ-I. This was administered to 34 primary insomniacs and 37 normal sleepers. Psychometric data indicate primary insomniac patients score significantly higher than normal sleepers on MCQ-I. Test-retest reliability is good. Face, concurrent, construct and discriminant validity, scale sensitivity and specificity are all acceptable. Further research with larger primary insomnia and normal sleeper samples is now required.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-23
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
Volume	40
Issue number	1
Early online date	19 Mar 2008
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2008.03.002
Publication status	Published - Mar 2009

Keywords

Adult
Awareness/physiology
Female
Humans
Knowledge
Male
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders/physiopathology
Surveys and Questionnaires/standards

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