Multiple document comprehension (MDC) refers to the ability to integrate information from multiple sources into a coherent representation, which requires specific cognitive processes. Assuming that epistemic beliefs are domain-related, this study investigates exploratively how epistemic beliefs in the domains of science and history affect the mastery of cognitive requirements in domain-general MDC (e.g. the comparison of source information). 156 university students reported their epistemic beliefs in physics or history and completed a computer-based test measuring their MDC. The results showed that MDC was significantly predicted by the epistemic beliefs dimension of personal justification in physics. A conservative approach revealed no interaction effects between epistemic beliefs and the mastery of specific cognitive requirements but results of a liberal approach hinted at associations with epistemic beliefs in physics rather than history. The results are discussed with respect to the nature of epistemic beliefs and theoretical assumptions regarding their relations to MDC requirements.

多文档理解（MDC）是指将来自多个来源的信息整合成连贯表示的能力，这需要特定的认知过程。假设认知信念与领域相关，本研究探索性地调查科学和历史领域的认知信念如何影响对领域通用 MDC 中认知要求的掌握（例如源信息的比较）。156 名大学生报告了他们对物理学或历史的认知信念，并完成了一项基于计算机的测试，以测量他们的 MDC。结果表明，物理学中个人辩护的认知信念维度显着预测了MDC。保守的方法揭示了认知信念和对特定认知要求的掌握之间没有相互作用的影响，但自由主义方法的结果暗示了与物理学而非历史中的认知信念的关联。就认知信念的性质和关于它们与 MDC 要求的关系的理论假设对结果进行了讨论。