Relationships between worry, obsessive–compulsive symptoms and meta-cognitive beliefs

Wells, Adrian; Papageorgiou, Costas

doi:10.1016/s0005-7967(98)00070-9

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“…The selection of worry as a coping strategy may be influenced by positive beliefs about worry, while negative beliefs about worry may amplify subjective distress by triggering ''meta-worry'' (worry about worry; Wells 1999). NBW is consistently and strongly related to generalized anxiety; although, conflicting results have been observed in research investigating the relationship between positive beliefs about worry and generalized anxiety (e.g., de Bruin et al 2007;Ruscio and Borkovec 2004;Sugiura 2007;Wells and Carter 2002;Wells and Papageorgiou 1998). Furthermore, Sica et al (2007) found that NBW prospectively predicted excessive worry assessed six weeks apart (when Time 1 excessive worry was partialled out), in an undergraduate student sample.…”

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Well-Being and Generalized Anxiety in Japanese Undergraduates: A Prospective Cohort Study

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Psychological well-being is thought to protect against common mental health problems. This study investigated the buffering effects of psychological well-being on the relationships between cognitive vulnerabilities (fear of anxiety and negative beliefs about worry) and GAD symptoms among 297 Japanese undergraduates (female = 62%, age = 18.91 ± 1.61) in a two-wave prospective cohort study. Participants completed the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire for DSM-IV, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, anxiety control subscale of Affective Control Scale, negative belief about worry subscale of Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire, and Nishida's psychological well-being scale. A moderated regression analysis tested the buffering effect of psychological well-being sub-dimensions on the relationship between cognitive vulnerabilities and generalized anxiety symptoms. Fear of anxiety (b = 0.16, p \ 0.01) and negative Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article

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Section: Negative Beliefs About Worry (Nbw)mentioning

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Well-Being and Generalized Anxiety in Japanese Undergraduates: A Prospective Cohort Study

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“…Obsessive compulsive disorder (Wells and Papageorgiou 1998) was found to be influenced by metacognition: both positive beliefs and negative beliefs about worry concerning themes of uncontrollability and danger were positively associated with proneness to pathological worry in obsessive compulsive disorder. All MCQ subscales were significantly and positively correlated with obsessional checking and obsessional thoughts.…”

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The Effect of a Psychoeducational Course on Hypochondriacal Metacognition

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Recently, it has become apparent that a metacognitive perspective may contribute to the understanding and treatment of psychopathology. In this study, the effect of a cognitive-behavioural psychoeducational group treatment for hypochondriasis on metacognitive aspects was examined. Furthermore, it was studied whether earlier found beneficial effects of the course on hypochondriacal complaints, depressive complaints and trait anxiety could be replicated. A total of 35 participants were randomized into either an immediate treatment group (n = 20), or a waiting list control group (n = 15). The participants in the waiting list control group were enrolled in the treatment after a period of 6 weeks. Results showed that the course had an effect on all subscales of the Metacognition-Cognitions about Health Anxiety questionnaire. Furthermore, in line with previous findings, the course proved to be effective in decreasing hypochondriacal complaints, depressive complaints and trait anxiety. It may be concluded that cognitive-behavioural psychoeducational treatment, in which a metacognitive level is implicitly addressed, shows beneficial effect on metacognitive aspects and hypochondriacal complaints.

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“…A greater endorsement of negative metacognitive beliefs has been associated with anxiety (Davis & Valentier, 2000;McEvoy & Mahoney, 2013), depression (Papageorgiou & Wells, 2001) and obsessive compulsive disorder (Wells & Papageorgiou, 1998). In addition prospective cohort studies have found that higher levels of unhelpful metacognitive beliefs at baseline predict subsequent severity of anxiety and depression (Hjemdal, Stiles, & Wells, 2013;Papageorgiou & Wells, 2009;Yilmaz, Gencoz, & Wells, 2011).…”

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A meta-analysis of metacognitive beliefs as implicated in the self-regulatory executive function model in clinical psychosis

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Schizophrenia Research

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This meta-analysis investigated whether the five metacognitive beliefs implicated in the Self-Regulatory Executive Function (S-REF) model (Wells & Matthews, 1994;Wells & Matthews, 1996) are elevated in people with clinical psychosis compared to people with emotional disorder and non-psychiatric controls. The review followed guidance set-out in the PRISMA statement. Primary analyses compared summary effect sizes on each sub-scale of the Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ) for people with psychosis and non-psychiatric controls; and people with psychosis and people with emotional disorder. Eleven eligible studies were identified comprised of 568 psychosis participants, 212 emotional disorder participants and 776 nonpsychiatric controls. Findings indicated that people with psychosis had higher scores on all sub-scales of the MCQ compared to non-psychiatric controls; and higher scores on the positive beliefs about worry sub-scale compared to people with emotional disorder. This suggests metacognitive beliefs may be associated with the presence of psychological disorder and distress in general, rather than specific diagnoses. Implications for models of psychosis and treatment are discussed.

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Relationships between worry, obsessive–compulsive symptoms and meta-cognitive beliefs

Cited by 276 publications

References 28 publications

Well-Being and Generalized Anxiety in Japanese Undergraduates: A Prospective Cohort Study

Well-Being and Generalized Anxiety in Japanese Undergraduates: A Prospective Cohort Study

The Effect of a Psychoeducational Course on Hypochondriacal Metacognition

A meta-analysis of metacognitive beliefs as implicated in the self-regulatory executive function model in clinical psychosis

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