Validation of the Shortened Version of the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory in Spanish Uiversity Students.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psicothema Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI:10.7334/psicothema2022.75

Eduardo González-Cabañes, Trinidad García, David Álvarez-García, Estrella Fernández, Celestino Rodríguez

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Abstract

Background: The Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI) is used all over the world to identify metacognitive components that are relevant to learning. However, there is not enough evidence confirming its factorial structure or the suitability of its Shortened Version, proposed by various authors. Also, to date, the MAI has not been validated in the Spanish context.

Method: After adapting the MAI to Spanish, it was administered to 1076 university students from different regions of Spain. Different structures of the MAI Shortened Version, with 19 items, were compared with the structures of the original 52-item MAI. Indexes of validity and reliability were analyzed, considering the factorial structure and relationships to other validated questionnaires.

Results: Only the MAI Shortened Version that differentiates between knowledge and regulation of cognition achieved a good fit. These two scales showed good convergent and divergent validity, high criterion validity in relation to academic achievement, high test- retest reliability, and high internal reliability.

Conclusions: results support the traditional differentiation between knowledge of cognition and regulation of cognition, but only for the Shortened Version of the MAI. This instrument allows quick evaluations and identification of these components in Spanish contexts with adequate metric properties.

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西班牙大学生元认知意识量表精简版的验证。

背景:元认知意识量表(MAI)被广泛用于识别与学习相关的元认知成分。然而，没有足够的证据证实其析因结构或其缩短版本的适用性，由不同的作者提出。此外，到目前为止，MAI还没有在西班牙上下文中得到验证。方法:对来自西班牙不同地区的1076名大学生进行MAI改造后的西班牙语测试。将包含19个条目的MAI精简版与包含52个条目的MAI精简版进行结构比较。考虑因子结构和与其他有效问卷的关系，对效度和信度指标进行分析。结果:只有区分知识与认知调节的MAI简化版契合度较好。两份量表均具有较好的收敛效度和发散效度、较高的学业成就效度、较高的重测信度和较高的内部信度。结论:研究结果支持认知知识和认知调节的传统区分，但仅适用于MAI的简化版。该仪器可以在西班牙语上下文中快速评估和识别这些成分，并具有足够的度量属性。

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Psicothema PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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6.50

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16.70%

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24 weeks

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