Development and Validation of a Metacommunication Competence Scale for University Students

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The research aims to create and validate a scale for measuring metacommunication competence among university students.
Developed an initial set of 63 items based on prior research and theories of metacognition.
Conducted two Delphi surveys to establish content validity and refine the scale using expert feedback.
Performed exploratory factor analysis on a university student sample to determine the scale structure.
Identified a five-factor structure as optimal, comprising knowledge, monitoring, preparation, interaction, and expression.
Achieved good model fit indices (CFI = .985, TLI = .984, RMSEA = .057, SRMR = .068).
Final scale consists of 41 items that demonstrate adequate reliability and validity.

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Develops a scale to measure metacommunication skills in university students, suggesting a tool for educational enhancement.

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Hwang et al. (2026) studied this question.

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