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Are Metacognitive Factors Common in Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Dysthymia? July 2013, Volume 1, Number 3 Are Metacognitive Factors Common in Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Dysthymia? Abolfazl Mohammadi 1, Banafsheh Farzinrad 2, Fatemeh Zargar 3*, Ali Mehrabi 4, Behrooz Birashk 5 1. Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2. Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Yazd University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. 3. Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran. 4. Department of Clinical Psychology,University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 5. Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Article info: A B S T R A C T Received: 13 Mar. 2013 Accepted: 10 Jun. 2013 Objective: Metacognitions are vulnerability factors in predicting development of psychological disorders especially Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and dysthymia, which are highly comorbid. Many studies have shown that GAD and dysthymia have similar underlying metacognitive factors but the results are contradictory. The aim of present research was to test this hypothesis by using new instruments that has been designed to measure multiple metacognitive factors. Methods: Fifty-eight students referred to university counseling centers in Tehran who met the diagnostic criteria of DSM-IV-TR for dysthymia (n=21), GAD (n=18), and comorbidity of them (n=19) were selected. The participants completed Meta Cognitions Questionnaire (MCQ), Anxious Thoughts Inventory (AnTI), Thought Control Questionnaire (TCQ) and the Ruminative Response Scale (RRS). Keywords: Results: Results of one-way analysis of variance demonstrated no significant differences between Metacognitive factors, groups on metacognitive factors. Metacognition, Conclusion: It seems that GAD and dysthymia are associated to common underlying metacognitive Generalized anxiety disorder, factors. This study confirms the results of some previous research indicating similarities between Dysthymia the two disorders. 1. Introduction liefs and knowledge that individuals have about their own thinking patterns. Metacognitions are as the positive and istorically, research on metacognition origi- negative beliefs about thinking (e.g. “I must worry in order to nated in child psychology. Its foundation has be prepared”; “I cannot control my thoughts”). been based on analysis of changes in reason- ing abilities associated with cognitive devel- Positive and negative metacognition has been recognized H opment and maturation. In its broadest sense, in many emotional disorders especially in Generalized Anxi- this construct was defined as the ability to think about one’s ety Disorder (GAD) and different types of depression such thinking in order to problem-solving and social processing. as dysthymia. Patients with GAD have positive beliefs about In recent years, this construct has inserted to theoretical ex- the benefits of worry (e.g. ‘‘Worrying helps me cope’’) and planations of clinical syndromes (Corcoran & Segal, 2008). negative beliefs about the danger and uncontrollability of worry (e.g. ‘‘My worrying is bad for me’’) (Ellis & Hudson, In the theory, metacognitions are general causal factors in 2010). The researches consistent with the theory have been the development of many psychological disorders (Wells, shown that metacognitive beliefs were strongly associated 1997, 2000, 2009). Metacognition theory emphasizes on be- with pathological worry (Davis & Valentiner, 2000; Wells & * Corresponding Author: Fatemeh Zargar, PhD Candidate Address: Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] 135 July 2013, Volume 1, Number 3 Papageorgiou, 1998). In Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), 2002; Segerstrom et al., 2000; Watkins, 2004). These studies individuals begin to ruminate because they have positive be- have primarily utilized measures such as the Penn State Wor- liefs about the value of such a process. In addition, they be- ry Questionnaire (PSWQ) (Meyer, Miller, Metzger, & Bork- lieve that this process is out of their control (Holeva, Tarrier, ovec, 1990) and little research has examined newer measures & Wells, 2001; Wells & Sembi, 2004). of worry and rumination such as the Anxious Thoughts In- ventory (AnTI) (Wells, 1994) and Thought Control Ques- Worry and rumination-the main characteristics of GAD and tionnaire (TCQ) (Wells & Davies, 1994). Therefore, our dysthymia while being seen as different, share many simi- study intended to investigate multiple metacognitive factors larities with each other. Both have components of recurring, in GAD and dysthymia using new helpful instruments. In ad- repetitive thoughts that are focused on negative events (Fres- dition, we added a group with mixed anxiety and depression co, Frankel, Mennin, Turk, & Heimberg, 2002; Segerstrom, to the study for a better comparison of metacognitive factors. Tsao, Alden, & Craske, 2000). A number of studies have documented strong correlations between worry and rumi- 2. Methods nation. For instance, Segerstrom and her colleagues (2000) reported the highest correlations between worry and global Participants rumination (a measure of repetitive thought) and between worry and depressive rumination in both undergraduate 58 individuals comprising 46 (79.31%) females and 12 and clinical samples. This finding was repeated in other re- (20.69%) males participated in the present study. The age of searches (Calmes & Roberts, 2007; Fresco et al., 2002; Mu- the sample ranged from 19 to 38 years (M=23.92, SD=4.48). ris, Roelofs, Rassin, Franken, & Mayer, 2005). On the other 26 participants (44.82%) were undergraduate students and hand, findings indicate that both worry and rumination relate the remained 32 ones (55.17%) were postgraduate at the mo- substantially more to anxiety symptoms than to depressive ment of data collection. They were selected voluntarily from symptoms (Carter, 2010). counseling centers of University of Tehran (UT), Sharif Uni- versity of Technology (SUT) and Iran University of Sciences Although individuals endorse positive beliefs about wor- & Technology (IUST). ry and rumination and perceive worrisome or ruminative thoughts as generally helpful, they also have negative beliefs Sample included individuals with a diagnosis of general- suggesting that worry and rumination are associated with ized anxiety disorder (n=18), dysthymia (n=21), and comor- perceptions of uncontrollability and potential adverse con- bid GAD and dysthimia (n=19). They have been diagnosed sequences. Beliefs about sustained thinking (positive meta- by PhD students of clinical psychology. Exclusion criteria cognition) and the uncontrollability and danger of thoughts were (1) presence of any cognitive disorders, (2) substance (negative metacognition) lead to worry, rumination, and also abuse, (3) personality disorders and other disabling medical fixation on threat and counterproductive thought control pro- conditions. Moreover, participants did not report the use of cesses or thought appraisal strategies (Yılmaza, Gencöz, & the any medications at the time of or prior to the study. Wellsc, 2011). Procedure Watkins (2004) has introduced five cognitive strategies as- sociated with worry (distraction, problem-solving, dwelling The present study attempted to investigate metacognitive on consequences, thought stopping or minimizing, and neu- factors in three groups of emotional disorders. All partici- tralizing or taking no action). He also identified five strate- pants were recruited from counseling centers. Individuals gies associated with rumination (dwelling on consequences, who appeared to meet diagnostic criteria of GAD, dysthy- neutralizing thought through mental effort, using negative mia and mixed anxiety and depressive disorder according to mental control, distraction, and taking no action). Both worry Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical and rumination were significantly correlated with the strategy Manual of Mental Disorders (SCID) were identified which related to dwelling on consequences (Watkins, 2004). administered by PhD students in clinical psychology. In spite of the apparent conceptual overlaps between worry After receiving information about the study, and express- and rumination, other researches have indicated that the two ing interest in participating, potential participants were given constructs retain unique, differentiating features (Hong, 2007; the consent form to sign. Then, they completed the package Muris, Roelofs, Meesters, & Boomsma, 2004; Papageorgiou of research questionnaires. Finally, the one-way Analysis Of & Wells, 2001; Watkins, 2004). A few studies have examined Variance (ANOVA) was used to determine whether there how the worry and rumination constructs differentially relate are any significant differences between the means of three to or contribute to anxiety and mood disorders (Fresco et al., groups in metacognitive factors. 136 July 2013, Volume 1, Number 3 Measures worry (worry about worry). Despite the diversity of worry content, these three subscales have reliably emerged as Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire 30 (MCQ-30) distinct domains across multiple analyses (Wells, 1994). These subscales correlate well with other measures of A Persian version (Shirinzadeh Dastgiri, Goodarzi, Rahimi, anxiety and alpha coefficients range between 0.75 and &
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