the comparison of metacognition beliefs and rumination between students with normal and morbid levels of worry

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Nahid Kohzadi ¹ , Behnam Makvandi ²

1 - MA in Clinical Psychology Khouzestan Research Branch Islamic Azad University Ahvaz, Iran
2 - PhD Islamic Azad University Ahvaz, Iran

Received: 2015-05-15 Accepted : 2015-05-15 Published : 2015-03-21

Keywords: metacognition beliefs, rumination, worry,

Abstract :

this study aim
 to compare metacognition beliefs and rumination between students with normal and morbid levels of worry. Two hundred and fifty students were selected using multistage clustering sampling. The participants completed the Metacognition Beliefs (Wells, 2000), the Rumination (Nolen-Hoeksema & Morrow, 1991) and the Pennsylvania Worry (Meyer, Miller, Metzger & Borkovec, 1990) Questionnaires. Participants were divided into two groups, one with normal level of worry (n=125) and the other with morbid level of worry (n=125) on the basis of their scores on the Pennsylvania Worry Questionnaire. The results of analysis of variance indicated that the group with morbid level of worry had higher scores than the group with normal level worry on the components of metacognition beliefs (positive beliefs about worry, uncontrollability and risk, cognitive confidence and need to control the thoughts). There was no significant difference between the two groups in cognitive self knowledge belief. The group with the normal level of worry had higher scores on rumination components (to be lost in thought, distraction and deep thought) than the group with the morbid level of worry. In sum, the findings suggested that among component of metacognition only uncontrollability and risk predicted pathological worry.