A Psychometric Evaluation of the Dutch Revised Mystical Experience Questionnaire.

IF 2.1 4区 医学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Journal of psychoactive drugs Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-15 DOI:10.1080/02791072.2023.2272832
A Wirsching, T Bostoen, A C Huizink
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Abstract

In the Netherlands, scientific interest in psychedelics and their subjective effects has been increasing. The present study examined the reliability, construct and predictive validity of the Dutch 30-item Revised Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ30), a self-report measure that has been used to assess subjective and mystical experiences occasioned by psychedelics. In an online survey, 322 Dutch-speaking adults retrospectively reported on profound experiences with psychedelics. Confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that both a four-factor structure and the same model extended with the MEQ30-total score as a second-order latent variable fit the data. Factor scores showed good internal reliability (α = between .81 and .94) and were significantly higher in participants that beforehand endorsed having had a mystical experience compared to those that did not, providing evidence for the construct validity of the questionnaire as a measure for self-reported mystical experiences. Additionally, MEQ30 scores significantly predicted the meaningfulness and spiritual significance of the psychedelic experience, as well as self-reported positive changes in well-being, life satisfaction and behavior, providing preliminary evidence for the predictive validity of the Dutch MEQ30. Findings suggest the reliability and validity of the Dutch MEQ30 and support the use of the scale in future studies on the subjective effects of psychedelics.

荷兰修订神秘体验问卷的心理测量学评价。
在荷兰,科学界对致幻剂及其主观效应的兴趣一直在增加。本研究检验了荷兰30项修正神秘体验问卷(MEQ30)的可靠性、结构和预测效度。MEQ30是一种自我报告测量方法,用于评估迷幻药引起的主观和神秘体验。在一项在线调查中,322名说荷兰语的成年人回顾性地报告了迷幻药的深刻体验。验证性因子分析表明,以meq30总分作为二阶潜在变量扩展的四因素结构和同一模型都符合数据。因子得分显示出良好的内部信度(α = 0.81和0.94之间),并且事先承认有过神秘经历的参与者的因子得分明显高于没有经历过神秘经历的参与者,这为问卷作为自我报告的神秘经历的衡量标准的结构效度提供了证据。此外,MEQ30得分显著预测迷幻体验的意义性和精神意义,以及自我报告的幸福感、生活满意度和行为的积极变化,为荷兰MEQ30的预测效度提供了初步证据。研究结果表明了荷兰MEQ30量表的可靠性和有效性,并支持在未来的迷幻药主观效应研究中使用该量表。
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