Cultural Metacognition (Mosakowski)
Cross-culturalReliability: alpha 0.813 sample items
About this scale
A multi-item measure of cultural metacognition — awareness of and reflection on one's own cultural assumptions during cross-cultural interactions.
Sample item(s)
“I am conscious of the cultural knowledge I use when interacting with people from other cultures”
“I check the accuracy of my cultural knowledge as I interact with people from other cultures”
“I adjust my cultural knowledge as I interact with people from other cultures”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.81. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Pair with cultural intelligence (CQS).
Source & citation
Mosakowski, E., & Earley, P. C. (2005): The cultural intelligence framework: Implications for cross-cultural research. Annual Review of Psychology, Vol. 56, pp. 401–421.
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