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Summary

A new 9-item Metacognitive Anger Processing Scale - Short Version (MAP-SV) demonstrates good psychometric properties. This shorter scale offers a reliable tool for assessing metacognitive anger processing in clinical settings.

Keywords:

anger assessment tool metacognitive anger processing metacognitive beliefs rumination short version

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Psychology
Psychometrics
Clinical Psychology

Background:

The 26-item Metacognitive Anger Processing Scale (MAP) has established psychometric validity.
A need exists for a more concise measure of metacognitive anger processing.

Purpose of the Study:

To psychometrically evaluate the 9-item Metacognitive Anger Processing Scale - Short Version (MAP-SV).
To compare the psychometric properties of the MAP-SV with the original 26-item MAP scale.

Main Methods:

The MAP-SV was developed by selecting three items from each of the original MAP's three subscales (rumination, positive beliefs, negative beliefs).
Psychometric testing included scalability, convergent validity with general metacognition, and concurrent validity with anger measures.
The study utilized a sample of psychiatric patients (n=88) and male forensic inpatients (n=54).

Main Results:

Scalability of the MAP-SV was comparable to the 26-item MAP, with a Loevinger's coefficient of homogeneity of 0.29 for the total score.
The alpha coefficient for the MAP-SV total score was 0.79, indicating good internal consistency.
Inter-correlations between MAP-SV subscales and the total score were high (ranging from .66 to .84).

Conclusions:

The 9-item MAP-SV exhibits favorable psychometric properties.
The MAP-SV is a reliable and efficient instrument for assessing self-reported metacognitive anger processing.