Psychological topics, Vol. 29 No. 3, 2020.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31820/pt.29.3.4
Croatian Translation and Validation of the Mind-Wandering Questionnaire (MWQ)
Marina Perković Kovačević
orcid.org/0000-0002-9616-1719
; University Hospital Centre Osijek, Department of Psychiatry, Osijek, Croatia, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Osijek, Croatia
Mario Ćurković
; J. J. Strossmayer Univeristy of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Osijek, Croatia
Dražen Gorjanski
; Croatian Health Insurance Fund, Department of supervision and control, Osijek, Croatia
Ivon Matić
; Health Centre Županja, Županja, Croatia
Abstract
This research aimed to translate and validate the Mind-Wandering Questionnaire (MWQ) to the Croatian language, and to provide preliminary data on its reliability, factor structure and convergent validity in a sample of Croatian students. After translation and adaptation, the Croatian version of the MWQ was administered to 451 eight-grade elementary school students (239 female and 212 male participants). With the MWQ, we administered the Emotional Skills and Competence Questionnaire (ESCQ-45). Results show high internal consistency of the Croatian translation of the MWQ. Confirmatory factor analysis supports an unidimensional model. Convergent validity was supported by a significant negative correlation between MWQ and Emotional Skills and Competence Questionnaire. We propose further investigation of psychometric properties of the Croatian translation of the MWQ and investigating test-retest reliability as well as discriminant validity of the Questionnaire.
Keywords
mind-wandering; validation; Croatian translation of the MWQ; students
Hrčak ID:
248439
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Publication date:
22.12.2020.
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