Introduction: Although psychological studies have suggested both the desired and paradoxical effects of unwanted thought suppression, we still know little about this mechanism. It has been proposed that individual differences in using specific strategies to suppress intrusions explain why contradictory effects of suppression are observed. The main aims of the study were to investigate the factor structure of the Polish version of Thought Control Questionnaire (TCQ) and verify whether this structure corresponds to the original version of the TCQ measurement.
Methods: Using the TCQ, which is a 30-item self-report measure, this research investigated individual thought control strategies to suppress intrusive thoughts in the general population. We used parallel analysis and theoretical interpretability to investigate the most appropriate factor structure of the inventory. To examine the validity of the Polish version of TCQ the correlational analysis of TCQ factors with other psychometric scales: Beck Depression Inventory, The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and The Metacognitions Questionnaire. The internal consistency of the TCQ subscales was also assessed by calculating the Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients for each factor.
Results: The resulting five-factor solution explained 51.86% of the total variance. The Polish version of TCQ consisted of five subscales yielding satisfactory reliability values: 1) Punishment (α = 0.725); 2) Distraction (α = 0.688); 3) Social Control (α = 0.780); 4) Worry (α = 0.788; 5) Re-appraisal (α = 0.70).
Conclusion: The five-factor solution was convergent with the dimensions that appeared in the original TCQ version and were observed in the most TCQ adaptations in various countries. Our findings support the psychological construct of thought-control strategies measured by TCQ and prove the satisfactory reliability of this self-report measure within a Polish population.

Keywords: thought control strategies, suppression, intrusions


中文翻译：

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用思想控制问卷对波兰普通民众的不良思想抑制策略进行测量：验证性因素分析和验证


简介：尽管心理学研究表明，不必要的思想抑制既会产生预期的效果，也会产生矛盾的效果，但我们对这种机制仍然知之甚少。有人提出，使用特定策略抑制入侵的个体差异解释了为什么观察到抑制效果的矛盾。该研究的主要目的是调查波兰版思想控制问卷（TCQ）的因子结构，并验证该结构是否与原始版本的 TCQ 测量相对应。

方法：本研究使用 TCQ（一项包含 30 项的自我报告测量）调查个人思想控制策略，以抑制一般人群的侵入性思想。我们使用平行分析和理论解释来研究最合适的库存要素结构。为了检验波兰版 TCQ 的有效性，对 TCQ 因素与其他心理测量量表进行了相关分析：贝克抑郁量表、状态特质焦虑量表和元认知问卷。 TCQ 子量表的内部一致性还通过计算每个因素的 Cronbach's alpha 可靠性系数进行评估。

结果：所得五因素解解释了总方差的 51.86%。 TCQ 的波兰版本由五个子量表组成，产生令人满意的可靠性值： 1) 惩罚 (α = 0.725)； 2）分心（α = 0.688）； 3）社会控制（α=0.780）； 4）担心（α=0.788；5）重新评价（α=0.70）。

结论：五因素解决方案与原始 TCQ 版本中出现的维度收敛，并在各国大多数 TCQ 改编中观察到。我们的研究结果支持了 TCQ 测量的思想控制策略的心理结构，并证明了这种自我报告测量在波兰人群中具有令人满意的可靠性。


关键词：思想控制策略、抑制、入侵