Key result
The CAS-1R demonstrated a well-fitting three-factor structure (coping strategies, negative and positive metacognitive beliefs) and accounted for additional variance in anxiety and depression.
Why the study?
Evaluating effective psychological therapies in chronic physical illness requires suitable and valid measures of key psychological constructs like the cognitive attentional syndrome.
Population
440 cardiac rehabilitation patients with mild to severe anxiety and/or depression symptoms
Design
Psychometric validation study
Authors
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May support metacognitive assessment in anxiety and depression; leaves open clinical adoption pending further validation.
Cross-Sectional (n=440)
Yes
The CAS-1R is a valid multi-factorial instrument suitable for assessing the cognitive attentional syndrome in psychologically distressed cardiac rehabilitation patients.
Faija et al. (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Anxiety and/or depression in cardiac rehabilitation patients (n=440). Cognitive Attentional Syndrome Scale-1 Revised (CAS-1R) was evaluated on Factor structure of the CAS-1R using confirmatory factor analysis. The CAS-1R demonstrated a well-fitting three-factor structure (coping strategies, negative and positive metacognitive beliefs) and accounted for additional variance in anxiety and depression.
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