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Title: The Need for Controllability and Predictability questionnaire (NCP-q): psychometric properties and preliminary findings in a clinical sample.
Authors: RAMAKERS, Indra 
Fonteyne, Riet
Walentynowicz, Marta
Van Oudenhove, Lukas
VAN DEN HOUTE, Maaike 
BOGAERTS, Katleen 
Issue Date: 2025
Publisher: 
Source: Health Psychology Report,
Abstract: Background: Given the importance of the need for controllability and predictability in the broad field of health psychology, a high-quality measurement tool for these constructs is required. Participants and procedure: The objective of our study was to validate the Need for Controllability and Predictability questionnaire (NCP-q), which is a 15-item self-report measure that assesses an individual’s need for controllability and predictability. In study 1, an explora-tory (n = 464) and confirmatory (n = 304) factor analysis was performed in two student convenience samples. In study 2, NCP-q data of patients with panic disorder (n = 34), stress related syndromes (overstrain, n = 33; burnout, n = 39), func-tional somatic syndromes (fibromyalgia and/or chronic fatigue syndrome, n = 34), and healthy controls (n = 30) were com-pared. Results: The results from study 1 suggest that the NCP-q should be used as a one-dimensional instrument. The NCP-q has excellent internal consistency and an acceptable four-week test-retest reliability. Convergent validity was demonstrated. Study 2 re-vealed significantly higher NCP-q scores for all patient groups compared to healthy controls, but no differences between patient groups. Conclusions: A higher self-reported need for controllability and predictability can be seen as a transdiagnostic underlying mechanism of different patient groups characterized by experiencing physical symptoms in daily life. The NCP-q can be used as a reliable, concise, and clinically relevant research tool and may contribute to identifying relevant underlying mechanisms in different patient samples.
Keywords: need for control;need for predictability;functional somatic syndromes;burnout;panic disorder
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/45292
ISSN: 2353-4184
e-ISSN: 2353-5571
DOI: 10.5114/hpr/195733
ISI #: 001500233500008
Rights: This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
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