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Table 2 Initial components and retrieved themes in the MMM questionnaire

From: Development and validation of a metamemory maturity questionnaire in the context of English as a foreign language

Component

Theme

Example

Memory factual knowledge

Memory capacity

Memory quality

Memory of the past

Memory strategies

Item 7. There are certain memories that I think I will never forget.

Memory monitoring

Self-observation

Memory management

Time management

Item 38. When I have time limitation, I skip memorizing some difficult items.

Memory-related affect

Personal emotions

Color codes

Time management

Item 52. When I am sad, I memorize negatively loaded information better.

Memory self-efficacy

Self-evaluation

Progressiveness

Item 70. I regularly challenge myself with memorizing difficult items.