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The Looming Maladaptive Style Questionnaire: Measurement invariance and relations to anxiety and depression across 10 countries

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Hong, Ryan Y.
Riskind, John H.
Cheung, Mike W. -L.
Calvete, Esther
Gonzalez-Diez, Zahira
Curzik, Doris
Jokic-Begic, Natasa
del Palacio-Gonzalez, Adriana
Mihic, Ljiljana
Samac, Nikola

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2017

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English

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The Looming Maladaptive Style Questionnaire (LMSQ) is a self-report measure designed to assess the looming cognitive style, a tendency to interpret threats as rapidly approaching and increasing in magnitude. To date, no systematic evaluation on the psychometric properties of the LMSQ across diverse cultural contexts has been done. In the present research, the measurement invariance of the LMSQ test scores was examined in 10 countries (N = 4000). Confirmatory factor analysis suggested that a two-factor model (i.e., physical looming and social looming) fitted the data well across countries. Partial measurement invariance was established for the LMSQ scores across the countries whereas full measurement invariance was achieved across gender. Meta-analytic structural equation modeling was applied to examine the unique contributions of the two looming factors to anxiety and depression symptoms. Results indicated that the test scores underlying two looming factors were crucial and valid predictors of symptoms. The LMSQ shows promise as a measure with cross-cultural generalizability and opens new avenues for its use in diverse cultural settings.

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Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

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Psychology, Clinical, Psychiatry

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