Ay Tuğba, Hizli Sayar Feride Gökben
Gebze Technical College, Turkish Ministry of National Education, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Department of Psychology, Üsküdar University, İstanbul, Turkey.
Curr Psychol. 2022 Jul 1:1-11. doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-03315-4.
This study aims to investigate the relationship between metacognitive beliefs and COVID-19 phobia. The sample included 514 Turkish adults, 295 of whom are women (57,4%), and 219 are men (42,6%). Their ages ranged between 18 and 70 years ( = 32.96, = 10.79). COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S) and Metacognitions Questionnaire-30 (MCQ-30) were administered. Our analysis showed that women reported significantly higher COVID-19 phobia. The participants with chronic illnesses showed significantly higher COVID-19 phobia and MCQ-30 scores. It was found that C19P-S total score positively correlated with negative beliefs about worry concerning uncontrollability of thoughts, the need to control thoughts, cognitive self-consciousness, positive beliefs, cognitive confidence, and MCQ-30 total score respectively ( = .47, < .001; = .33, < .001; = .30, < .001; = .29, < .001; = .12, < .001; = .44, < .001). Then, hierarchical multiple regression was conducted, and the relationships were tested via structural equation modeling. To sum up, it can be concluded that negative beliefs about worry concerning the uncontrollability of thoughts contribute to COVID-19 phobia. However, explained variance was small suggesting that there are additional factors involved. These results provided preliminary findings relating to the association between metacognitive beliefs and coronavirus phobia symptoms. Further longitudinal research is necessary to determine the causal direction of these findings.
本研究旨在调查元认知信念与新冠恐惧症之间的关系。样本包括514名土耳其成年人，其中295名女性（57.4%），219名男性（42.6%）。他们的年龄在18岁至70岁之间（均值 = 32.96，标准差 = 10.79）。使用了新冠恐惧症量表（C19P-S）和元认知问卷-30（MCQ-30）。我们的分析表明，女性报告的新冠恐惧症明显更高。患有慢性病的参与者表现出明显更高的新冠恐惧症和MCQ-30得分。研究发现，C19P-S总分分别与关于思想不可控性担忧的消极信念、控制思想的必要性、认知自我意识、积极信念、认知信心以及MCQ-30总分呈正相关（相关系数 = 0.47，p < 0.001；相关系数 = 0.33，p < 0.001；相关系数 = 0.30，p < 0.001；相关系数 = 0.29，p < 0.001；相关系数 = 0.12，p < 0.001；相关系数 = 0.44，p < 0.001）。然后，进行了分层多元回归，并通过结构方程模型检验了这些关系。综上所述，可以得出结论，关于思想不可控性担忧的消极信念会导致新冠恐惧症。然而，解释方差较小，表明还有其他因素参与其中。这些结果提供了与元认知信念和冠状病毒恐惧症症状之间关联有关的初步发现。需要进一步的纵向研究来确定这些发现的因果方向。
