The Relationship between Procrastination, Personality, Metacognitive Beliefs and Worry

BackgroundEarly trauma is linked to higher symptom levels in bipolar and psychotic disorders, but the translating mechanisms are not well understood. This study examines whether the relationship between early emotional abuse and depressive symptoms is mediated by metacognitive beliefs about thoughts being uncontrollable/dangerous, and whether this pathway extends to influence positive symptoms.MethodPatients (N= 261) with psychotic or bipolar disorders were assessed for early trauma experiences, metacognitive beliefs, and current depression/anxiety and positive symptoms. Mediation path analyses using ordinary least-squares regressions tested if the effect of early emotional abuse on depression/anxiety was mediated by metacognitive beliefs, and if the effect of early emotional abuse on positive symptoms was mediated by metacognitive beliefs and depression/anxiety.ResultsMetacognitive beliefs about thoughts being uncontrollable/dangerous significantly mediated the relationship between early emotional abuse and depression/anxiety. Metacognitive beliefs and depression/anxiety significantly mediated the relationship between early emotional abuse and positive symptoms. The models explained a moderate amount of the variance in symptoms (R2= 0.21–0.29).ConclusionOur results indicate that early emotional abuse is relevant to depression/anxiety and positive symptoms in bipolar and psychotic disorders, and suggest that metacognitive beliefs could play a role in an affective pathway to psychosis. Metacognitive beliefs could be relevant treatment targets with regards to depression/anxiety and positive symptoms in bipolar and psychotic disorders.

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Expressed Emotion and Hallucination Proneness: The Mediating Role of Metacognitive Beliefs

International Journal of Life Sciences ◽

10.3126/ijls.v10i1.14516 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 17-24

Author(s):

Usha Barahmand ◽

Ruhollah Heydari Sheikhahmad

Keyword(s):

Expressed Emotion ◽

Clinical Sample ◽

Two Dimensions ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Negative Beliefs ◽

Metacognitive Beliefs ◽

Expressed Emotions ◽

The Relationship

This study was designed to examine the mediating role of meta-cognitions in the relationship between perceived expressed emotions and hallucination proneness in a non-clinical sample. The study sample (n = 432 university students) was selected through a stratified cluster sampling procedure and measures of perceived expressed emotions, metacognitive beliefs and hallucination proneness were administered. Two dimensions of expressed emotion, perceived irritability and perceived intrusion, and two metacognitive beliefs, beliefs about uncontrollability and danger and beliefs about cognitive confidence were found to be associated with hallucination proneness. However, only negative beliefs about uncontrollability of thoughts mediated the relationship between perceived intrusiveness and hallucination proneness. Findings imply the experience of real or perceived parental intrusiveness may activate negative beliefs about thoughts concerning uncontrollability and danger, which in turn, leads to hallucinatory experiences as a coping strategy and contributes to the persistence of real or perceived career intrusiveness.International Journal of Life Sciences 10 (1) : 2016; 17-24

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Mediating role of metacognitive beliefs and cognitive-attentional syndrome in the relationship between persecutory and coronavirus conspiracy beliefs in a community sample

Schizophrenia Research ◽

10.1016/j.schres.2021.08.024 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 237 ◽

pp. 29-30

Author(s):

Joachim Kowalski ◽

Łukasz Gawęda

Keyword(s):

Community Sample ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Metacognitive Beliefs ◽

Conspiracy Beliefs ◽

The Relationship

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The relationship of the Intolerance of uncertainty and worry and metacognitive beliefs in people with depressive symptoms

Shenakht Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry ◽

10.29252/shenakht.5.2.15 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 15-26

Author(s):

Ghasem Abdolpour ◽

Touraj hashemi ◽

Mohammad Reza Shairi ◽

Fereydoon Alizadeh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Intolerance Of Uncertainty ◽

Metacognitive Beliefs ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

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Metacognitive Beliefs and Suicidal Ideation: An Experience Sampling Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph182312336 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (23) ◽

pp. 12336

Author(s):

Vikki Aadahl ◽

Adrian Wells ◽

Robert Hallard ◽

Daniel Pratt

Keyword(s):

Suicidal Ideation ◽

Experience Sampling ◽

State Level ◽

Detailed Examination ◽

Limited Range ◽

Future Research ◽

Potential Contribution ◽

Cognitive Correlates ◽

Metacognitive Beliefs ◽

The Relationship

The current study aimed to examine the relationship between metacognitive beliefs about suicidal ideation and the content and process of suicidal ideation. This was to examine the potential contribution of the Self-Regulatory Executive Function (S-REF) model (Wells and Matthew, 2015) to suicidal ideation. Twenty-seven participants completed both trait and state-level measures of suicidal ideation, negative affect, defeat, hopelessness, entrapment and metacognitive beliefs. Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM) was adopted to measure state-level measurements with participants invited to complete an online diary up to seven times a day for six days. Multi-level modelling enabled a detailed examination of the relationships between metacognitive beliefs and suicidal ideation. Positive (β = 0.241, p < 0.001) and negative (β = 0.167, p < 0.001) metacognitive beliefs about suicidal ideation were positively associated with concurrent suicidal ideation even when known cognitive correlates of suicide were controlled for. The results have important clinical implications for the assessment, formulation and treatment of suicidal ideation. Novel meta-cognitive treatments targeting beliefs about suicidal ideation are now indicated. A limited range of characteristics reported by participants affects the generalizability of findings. Future research is recommended to advance understanding of metacognition and suicide but results demonstrate an important contribution of the S-REF model.

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The Relationship between Metacognitive Beliefs with Quality of Life and Mental Health of Patients with Cancer: A Case-Control Study

Iranian Journal of Nursing Research ◽

10.21859/ijnr-12016 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 35-41

Author(s):

Ali Kavosi ◽

Vahid Moeini Ghamchini ◽

Forough Baiky ◽

Gholamreza Khalili ◽

Gholamreza Mohammadi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Case Control ◽

Patients With Cancer ◽

Metacognitive Beliefs ◽

The Relationship ◽

Control Study

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Does visual scanpath reflect self-focused and other-focused attention, a maintenance factor of social anxiety?

10.31124/advance.9873050.v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Nozomi Tomita ◽

Minamide Ayumi ◽

Hiroaki Kumano

Keyword(s):

Eye Movements ◽

Anxiety Disorder ◽

Social Anxiety ◽

Eye Movement ◽

Social Anxiety Disorder ◽

Focused Attention ◽

Attentional Processes ◽

Metacognitive Beliefs ◽

Visual Scanpath ◽

The Relationship

Social anxiety disorder has two critical attentional processes, self-focused attention (SFA) and other-focused attention (OFA). These biases are caused by two psychological aspects: Strategies known as positive metacognitive beliefs and negative metacognitive beliefs. A method in which the occurrence of OFA is predicted by eye movement has been proposed. However, few studies have investigated the relationship between SFA and changes of eye movement. We investigated the relationship between the degree of SFA and OFA during speech and eye movements based on psychogenic correlation that psychological changes reflect eye movements in this study.

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