Psychometric Properties of the Italian Mentalization Questionnaire: Assessing Structural Invariance and Construct Validity

Raimondi, Giulia; Samela, Tonia; Lester, David; Imperatori, Claudio; Carlucci, Leonardo; Contardi, Anna; Balsamo, Michela; Innamorati, Marco

doi:10.1080/00223891.2021.1991362

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“…The MZQ [19] is a self-report questionnaire consisting of 13 items intended to measure the lack of mentalization abilities. The Italian validation of the MZQ [20] confirmed a one-factor solution with 13 items, which deviates from the original version's four-factor solution with 15 items [19]. A low score reflects a high deficit in mentalization, and items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 = "I agree" to 5 = "I disagree".…”

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“…Additionally, they completed several questionnaires that measured different aspects of mental health. These included the Failure to Mentalize Questionnaire (FMTQ) [18], the Mentalization Questionnaire (MZQ) [19,20], the short form of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) [21,22], and the Symptoms-Checklist-K-9 (SCL-K-9) [23,24]. The FMTQ is a self-report measure that assesses different types of mentalization failure due to past traumas and consists of 29 items organized into the following 7 dimensions:…”

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Italian Validation of the Short Version of the Failure to Mentalize Trauma Questionnaire in Adults at Risk Due to Childhood Trauma

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Imperatori,

Gostoli

et al. 2023

Behavioral Sciences

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The impact of recurrent traumatic experiences during childhood may impede the integration of mentalization abilities and lead to psychopathology. Recently, the Failure to Mentalize Trauma Questionnaire (FMTQ), a comprehensive 29-item self-report scale aimed at identifying deficits in mentalization arising from childhood trauma, was developed. However, the length of the FMTQ may render it impractical for epidemiological studies involving multiple variables and measures. Furthermore, the initial testing revealed inadequate factor reliabilities for the two first-order factors. Therefore, this study aimed to shorten and create a unidimensional version (FMTQ-s) and investigate its psychometric properties, including internal consistency and convergent and concurrent validity, in a non-clinical Italian adult sample. The factor analysis supported a 13-item unidimensional version of the FMTQ with acceptable internal consistency (ordinal alpha = 0.88) and satisfactory convergent and concurrent validity. The FMTQ-s obtained scalar invariance between individuals with and without self-reported childhood traumas. Overall, the FMTQ-s appears to be a feasible and reliable tool for assessing deficits in mentalization resulting from childhood trauma.

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Italian Validation of the Short Version of the Failure to Mentalize Trauma Questionnaire in Adults at Risk Due to Childhood Trauma

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Imperatori,

Gostoli

et al. 2023

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“…The MZQ comprises 15 items rated on a 5-point scale (I disagree to I agree). Rather than the four-factor structure (Hausberg et al, 2012), its single-factor solution has been widely substantiated (Ponti et al, 2019;Raimondi et al, 2022;. Contrary to Hausberg et al (2012), we did not recode items to ensure that the scores reflect mentalizing deficits.…”

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“…The Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ; Fonagy et al., 2016 ) and the Mentalization Questionnaire (MZQ; Hausberg et al., 2012 ) were used to measure mentalizing deficits, as recent findings suggest their incremental utility (Raimondi et al., 2022 ). The RFQ employs a 7‐point scale ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree .…”

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Iranian adaptation of the Epistemic Trust, Mistrust, and Credulity Questionnaire (ETMCQ): Validity, reliability, discriminant ability, and sex invariance

Asgarizadeh,

Ghanbari

2024

Brain and Behavior

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IntroductionEpistemic trust, or trust in transmitted knowledge, has been proposed as a critical factor in psychopathology and psychotherapy. This study aimed at evaluating the psychometric properties of the Epistemic Trust, Mistrust, and Credulity Questionnaire (ETMCQ) in Iran.MethodData were collected from 906 participants. Along with the ETMCQ, measures of mentalizing, mindfulness, perspective‐taking, attachment, emotion dysregulation, and borderline personality disorder were administered. Confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) were used to determine factorial structure.ResultsThe ESEM model showed an acceptable fit and outperformed the confirmatory model. A 14‐item version of the ETMCQ was retained after examining item performance. Our findings also established criterion‐related validity for mistrust and credulity, an acceptable internal consistency for credulity, discriminant power for mistrust and credulity in detecting positive screens for borderline personality disorder, and measurement invariance across sexes.ConclusionThis study provides evidence for the cross‐cultural applicability of the ETMCQ. Nonetheless, the validity of the trust and internal consistency of the mistrust subscale require particular attention in future research.

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“…The MZQ (Raimondi et al, 2021) is a 13‐item self‐report questionnaire assessing the lack of mentalization abilities. The Italian validation provided support for a one‐factor solution with 13 items, compared to the four‐factor solution with 15 items of the original version (Hausberg et al, 2012).…”

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Meta‐analysis of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale and its short forms: A two‐part study

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Balsamo,

Carlucci

et al. 2024

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The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) is the most used self‐report questionnaire to assess deficits in emotion regulation (ER), composed of 6 dimensions and 36 items. Many studies have evaluated its factor structure, not always confirming the original results, and proposed different factor models. A possible way to try to identify the dimensionality of the DERS could be through a meta‐analysis with structural equation models (MASEM) of its factor structure. The MASEM indicated that a six‐factor model with 32 items (DERS‐32) was the most suitable to represent the dimensionality of the DERS (χ2 = 2095.96, df = 449, p < .001; root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] = 0.024, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.023–0.025; comparative fit index [CFI] = 0.97; Tucker Lewis index [TLI] = 0.96; standardized root mean squared residual [SRMR] = 0.04). This result was also confirmed by a confirmatory factor analysis (χ2 = 3229.67, df = 449, p < 0.001; RMSEA = 0.075, 95% CI: 0.073–0.078; CFI = 0.94; TLI = 0.93; SRMR = 0.05) on a new sample (1092 participants; mean age: 28.28, SD = 5.82 years) recruited from the Italian population. Analyses and results from this sample are reported in the second study of this work. The DERS‐32 showed satisfactory internal consistency (i.e., ordinal α, Molenaar Sijtsma statistic, and latent class reliability coefficient) for all its dimensions and correctly categorized individuals with probable borderline symptomatology. In conclusion, the DERS‐32 has demonstrated to be the best model for the DERS among all the others considered in this work, as well as a reliable tool to assess deficits in ER.

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Psychometric Properties of the Italian Mentalization Questionnaire: Assessing Structural Invariance and Construct Validity

Cited by 7 publications

References 54 publications

Italian Validation of the Short Version of the Failure to Mentalize Trauma Questionnaire in Adults at Risk Due to Childhood Trauma

Italian Validation of the Short Version of the Failure to Mentalize Trauma Questionnaire in Adults at Risk Due to Childhood Trauma

Iranian adaptation of the Epistemic Trust, Mistrust, and Credulity Questionnaire (ETMCQ): Validity, reliability, discriminant ability, and sex invariance

Meta‐analysis of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale and its short forms: A two‐part study

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