Metacognitive Assessment Scale – Abbreviated and Indiana Psychiatric Illness Interview: Psychometric validation in two Italian clinical and non-clinical samples

Simone Cheli, Consuelo Enzo, Francesca Chiarello, Veronica Cavalletti

Accepted April 30, 2021

First published April 30, 2021

https://doi.org/10.26387/bpa.290.1

Abstract

The aim of this research is to present the linguistic and psychometric validation in Italian of the procedure developed by Paul H. Lysaker to assess metacognition. In two different studies we confirm the reliability of Metacognitive Assessment Scale – Abbreviated (MAS-A) and of clinical and non-clinical version of Indiana Psychiatric Illness Interview (IPII), respectively. In Study 1 we recruited a sample (n = 48) of persons diagnosed with severe mental health disorders (personality disorder; brief psychotic episode). All the subjects were assessed through the clinical version of IPII and other concurrent relevant measures. In Study 2 we recruited healthy adults (n = 45) who were interviewed through the non-clinical version of IPII. Metacognition was then scored in both samples using MAS-A. The Italian translation of both clinical and non-clinical version of IPII showed a good inter-rater reliability. MAS-A scores reported a significant correlation with other concurrent scores. Our results confirm that IPII and MAS-A jointly allow a nuanced and tailored understanding of the level of metacognitive functioning in both clinical and non-clinical samples. Further research may confirm the predictive validity of the procedure in larger samples.

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