156618 20251017144634.0 doi 10.1186/s41155-025-00347-0 sideral 143883 ART-2025-143883 eng Salavera, Carlos Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8072-2390 Psychometric properties of the metacognition questionnaire (MCQ-A) in Spanish adolescents 2025 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Background. The Metacognition Questionnaire, including the version adapted to adolescents, measures non-adaptive metacognition believes. This study measured the structure of the MCQ-A factor in adolescents, and its correlation with anxiety and emotional regulation. Objective. The aim of this study was the adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the questionnaire on metacognitive beliefs in adolescents with a sample of schoolchildren (N = 1031, age = 14.91 years). Methods. Two studies were undertaken: (1) the translation of the MCQ-A scale into Spanish, including the evaluation of internal consistency, factorial structure, and convergent validity; and (2) the confirmatory factorial analysis of the questionnaire. Results. Five factors were obtained: (1) positive beliefs about concerns; (2) negative beliefs about lack of control and concern risk; (3) cognitive confidence; (4) the need to control thoughts; and (5) cognitive self-awareness. The exploratory factorial analysis clearly showed that the MCQ-A scale factors present an aggregate variance of 53.42%, which explains the unique variation of metacognitive beliefs. For its part, confirmatory factorial analysis endorsed the suitability of the model, with a sustainable structure that comprise the five factors identified and 30 items. In addition, network analysis revealed that metacognitive beliefs and feature-anxiety are related. Conclusion. The MCQ-A is easy to understand and fast to complete, so it is regarded as useful for the assessment of non-adaptive metacognitive beliefs in adolescents. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S46-23R info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Antoñanzas, José L. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-1702-3308 Urbón, Eva Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-0566-5680 Usán, Pablo Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-3789-3781 4009 735 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Psicolog.Evolut.Educac 38, 1 (2025), 11 [10 pp.] Psicologia Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica 0102-7972 1202309 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/156618/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2365329 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/156618/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:156618 articulos driver 2025-10-17-14:28:07 ARTICLE