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Metacognitive Awareness Inventory: Translation and Validation from a Confirmatory Analysis

Abstract

This study aimed to translate and validate statistically the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI), new instrument in the literature in Portuguese. We collected 1058 responses from students and professionals in the city of Directors Salvador, Bahia. Translation adopted the methodology back translation and statistical validation was through Confirmatory Factor Analysis by Structural Equation Model. The construct “Metacognitive Awareness” related to MAI confirmed that the dimensions “Awareness Knowledge Skills and Strategies Metacognitive” and “Awareness of Metacognitive Strategies Setting” presented measures of composite reliability and discriminant validity confirmed that the correlations between these indicators and their dimensions are stronger than the correlations between dimensions, ie, the construct “Metacognitive Awareness” meets discriminant validity, which achieves validate the instrument translated.

Factor Analysis; Models Structural; Translating; Validation Studies

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