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Validation of the Danish Translation of the Revised Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ30) and Possible Impact of Setting, Dose and Intention

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Název: Validation of the Danish Translation of the Revised Mystical Experience Questionnaire (MEQ30) and Possible Impact of Setting, Dose and Intention
Autoři: Hovmand, Oliver Rumle, Ebbesen Jensen, Mathias, Søgaard Juul, Tobias, Korsbak Madsen, Martin, MacDonald Fisher, Patrick, Siggaard Stenbæk, Dea
Zdroj: Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 57:37-46
Informace o vydavateli: Informa UK Limited, 2024.
Rok vydání: 2024
Témata: Male, Adult, Psychometrics, Adolescent, Denmark, Intention, LSD, mystical experience, Young Adult, Surveys and Questionnaires, Psychedelics, Humans, Translations, psilocybin, Retrospective Studies, Psychometrics/standards, Surveys and Questionnaires/standards, Psilocybin/administration & dosage, Hallucinogens/administration & dosage, Reproducibility of Results, Statistical, Middle Aged, Psilocybin, Hallucinogens, Female, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Factor Analysis, Mysticism
Popis: Research suggests positive changes in both well-being and psychiatric symptoms following a psychedelic experience. One explanation may be the ability of psychedelic compounds to occasion mystical-type experiences. The Revised Mystical Experiences Questionnaire (MEQ30) is designed to assess the intensity and quality of such experiences. We examined the validity, reliability, and factor structure of a Danish translation of the MEQ30 in one sample of healthy volunteers receiving psilocybin in a laboratory setting (N = 47) and two samples of recreative users of psychedelics, in which MEQ30 was reported retrospectively through an online survey based on their most recent experience with psilocybin (N = 834) or their most memorable experience with any psychedelic (N = 500). We conducted a confirmatory factor analysis of the previously suggested factor structures, calculated alpha and omega, and tested the associations between MEQ30 total score and setting, intention and dose. We found excellent internal reliability estimates across all samples, and confirmatory factor analysis showed that a four-factor structure, had the best, fair fit to the data. We further found that the MEQ30 total score was correlated with dose and a spiritual/religious intention, but not with setting. The Danish MEQ30 seems to be a valid tool for accessing mystical-type experiences among Danish-speaking individuals.
Druh dokumentu: Article
Jazyk: English
ISSN: 2159-9777
0279-1072
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2024.2302186
Přístupová URL adresa: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38225795
Přístupové číslo: edsair.doi.dedup.....a98517d606c43d8f703b25de7ae20d5a
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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Abstrakt:Research suggests positive changes in both well-being and psychiatric symptoms following a psychedelic experience. One explanation may be the ability of psychedelic compounds to occasion mystical-type experiences. The Revised Mystical Experiences Questionnaire (MEQ30) is designed to assess the intensity and quality of such experiences. We examined the validity, reliability, and factor structure of a Danish translation of the MEQ30 in one sample of healthy volunteers receiving psilocybin in a laboratory setting (N = 47) and two samples of recreative users of psychedelics, in which MEQ30 was reported retrospectively through an online survey based on their most recent experience with psilocybin (N = 834) or their most memorable experience with any psychedelic (N = 500). We conducted a confirmatory factor analysis of the previously suggested factor structures, calculated alpha and omega, and tested the associations between MEQ30 total score and setting, intention and dose. We found excellent internal reliability estimates across all samples, and confirmatory factor analysis showed that a four-factor structure, had the best, fair fit to the data. We further found that the MEQ30 total score was correlated with dose and a spiritual/religious intention, but not with setting. The Danish MEQ30 seems to be a valid tool for accessing mystical-type experiences among Danish-speaking individuals.
ISSN:21599777
02791072
DOI:10.1080/02791072.2024.2302186