The MAKQ self-knowledge items show a stable two-factor structure: meta-attention control (15 items) and meta-attention monitoring (5 items)¶
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q2 i? Exploratory factor analysis of 23 self-knowledge items yielded a two-factor solution (20 retained items) explaining 47.9% of variance, with meta-attention control accounting for 37% and monitoring 10.9%. → Mulvihill 2025
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Mulvihill 2025¶
Mulvihill, A., Matthews, N., Chidley, K., Macmahon, S., Armitage, K. L., Sherlock, D., Dux, P. E., & Carroll, A. (2025). The meta-attention knowledge questionnaire (MAKQ): a new instrument for investigating meta-attention in a young adolescent sample. Metacognition and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-025-09433-1
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Exploratory factor analysis (maximum likelihood, oblimin rotation, loading cut-off 0.4) of 23 self-knowledge items in Study One (N = 293). The two factors "explained 47.9% of the total variance"; three items were excluded for low loadings. No effect size beyond variance explained is printed.
"A reanalysis of the two-factor model confirmed that 20 remaining items loaded onto two theoretically meaningful factors, termed meta-attention control and meta-attention monitoring (see Table 1) which explained 47.9% of the total variance."
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Related Claims¶
- Cluster analysis across both studies identifies three meta-attention knowledge profiles, including an overconfident group with a self-knowledge/strategy mismatch — related
- The MAKQ dimensions show acceptable internal consistency across both studies (alphas 0.77-0.93) — related
- MAKQ strategy knowledge, but not the self-perception scales, converges with behavioural inhibitory control on the Go-No-Go task — related
- MAKQ dimensions correlate moderately with each other, with strategy knowledge only weakly related to the self-perception scales — related
- The metacognitive scale yields two factors: Global/Monitoring and Problem Solving — related
- Metacognition items loaded as a single factor, and time management combined with planning, in the SRL-O structure — related
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The MAKQ self-knowledge items show a stable two-factor structure: meta-attention control (15 items) and meta-attention monitoring (5 items) |
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The MAKQ self-knowledge items show a stable two-factor structure: meta-attention control (15 items) and meta-attention monitoring (5 items) |
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2025 |
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2026-10-20 |
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