Aydın Orkun, Balıkçı Kuzeymen, Arslan Yasin, Ünal-Aydın Pınar, Müezzin Ece, Spada Marcantonio M
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, International University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Faculty of Science and Literature, Department of Psychology, International Final University, Nicosia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
J Ration Emot Cogn Behav Ther. 2022;40(3):603-617. doi: 10.1007/s10942-021-00429-9. Epub 2021 Nov 6.
Despite a wide base of research suggesting a major role for dysfunctional metacognitions in contributing to anxiety, their role in explaining psychological distress in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic remains unclear. In this study we investigated whether metacognitions would predict anxiety, while controlling for fear and perceived danger of COVID-19. A total of 862 individuals were included in this study. Participants completed sociodemographic questions, emotional state questions relating to COVID-19, the Metacognitions Questionnaire-30, and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7. Results showed that both negative beliefs about thoughts concerning uncontrollability and danger, and cognitive self-consciousness were significant predictors of anxiety beyond the fear and perceived danger of COVID-19. Future studies involving clinical populations are needed to investigate the longer-term impact of metacognitions in the maintenance and exacerbation of anxiety associated with the fear and perceived danger of COVID-19.
尽管有广泛的研究表明功能失调的元认知在导致焦虑方面起主要作用,但它们在解释新冠疫情背景下的心理困扰方面的作用仍不明确。在本研究中,我们调查了元认知是否能预测焦虑,同时控制对新冠的恐惧和感知到的危险。本研究共纳入862名个体。参与者完成了社会人口学问题、与新冠相关的情绪状态问题、元认知问卷-30和广泛性焦虑障碍-7问卷。结果表明,除了对新冠的恐惧和感知到的危险之外,关于思维的不可控性和危险性的消极信念以及认知自我意识都是焦虑的显著预测因素。需要未来涉及临床人群的研究来调查元认知在与新冠恐惧和感知到的危险相关的焦虑维持和加剧方面的长期影响。