Examining the Longitudinal Relationship Between Metacognitive Beliefs and Psychological Distress in an Adolescent Population

A Preliminary Analysis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13404396
AutoresKatie Schultz (0000-0003-4030-0334, University of the Sunshine Coast, autor de correspondencia), Lee Kannis‐dymand (0000-0002-1882-6121, University of the Sunshine Coast), Daniel Jamieson (0000-0002-8935-861X, Sunshine Coast University Hospital), Larisa T McLoughlin (0000-0002-0509-104X, University of the Sunshine Coast), Siobhan A Loughnan (0000-0002-8763-2822, University of the Sunshine Coast), Siobhan Loughnan, Andrew Allen (0000-0001-7873-4264, University of the Sunshine Coast), Daniel F Hermens (0000-0002-8570-2663, University of the Sunshine Coast)
Año2023
Volumen56
Número4
Páginas971-981
Fecha de publicación2023-10-13
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaChild Psychiatry & Human Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0009-398X • E-ISSN: 1573-3327
EditorialSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s10578-023-01611-z
PMID37831288
OpenAlexW4387599213
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas40

Adolescence is a period marked by significant vulnerability to the onset of mental health concerns. Within adults, the metacognitive model of psychological disorders advocates for the involvement of metacognitive beliefs in the onset, and maintenance, of psychopathology. The current study aimed to assess the applicability of the metacognitive model in adolescence by exploring the relationship, as well as the trajectory, between metacognitive beliefs and psychological distress. The longitudinal prospective cohort study investigated data from a community-based sample of participants aged 12 to 13. Self-report assessment measures of metacognitive beliefs, psychological distress, and somatic distress are reported across four time-points. Baseline assessments are reported for 70 participants, which reduced to 53 participants at time-point four. Correlational analyses demonstrated a significant relationship between overall metacognition, as well as negative metacognitive beliefs, and psychological distress at each of the four time-points. Generalised Estimating Equations found a significant association between metacognitive predictors and psychological distress over the four time-points. These results indicate that negative metacognitive beliefs, positive metacognitive beliefs, metacognitive beliefs related to superstition, punishment, and responsibility, low perceived levels of cognitive confidence and cognitive self-consciousness predict psychological distress over 12 months in adolescents aged 12 to 13. The strongest longitudinal correlational structure was found for the model of negative metacognitive beliefs and psychological distress. These findings provide preliminary evidence for the positive linear relationship between metacognitive beliefs and psychological distress in adolescence. The study provides an important contribution to understanding the role of metacognitive beliefs in the aetiology and perpetuation of psychological distress in adolescence

Cognition · Developmental psychology · Distress · Longitudinal study · Mental health · Metacognition · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological distress · Psychotherapist · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments