OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to investigate the metacognitive model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), through a comparative study of thought fusion beliefs and thought control strategies between patients with OCD, depression, and normal people. METHODS This is a causal-comparative study. About 20 patients were selected with OCD, and 20 patients with major depression disorder (MDD),...

Background & Aims: Metacognition is considered as an important factor in the genesis and continuation of various psychological disorders, particularly obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression. The aim of this study was comparison of Metacognitive beliefs in Major depression disorder (MDD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and healthy groups. Methods: A total of 50 depressive patients...

The purpose of the present study was to examine the moderation effect of the thought control strategies on relationship between obsessive compulsive symptoms and metacognitive beliefs. 180 female and 95 male participants whose ages difference between 18 and 52, responded demographic information questionnaire, Thought Control Questionnaire, Meta-Cognition Questionnaire30, Padua Inventory-Washing...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that dysfunctional metacognitions might be a general vulnerability factor for anxiety disorder, metacognitive beliefs among patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), patients with panic disorder (PD), and healthy subjects (HS) were studied. Correlations between metacognitive beliefs, OCD, and PD symptoms were also investigated. METHODS Patients with O...

The metacognitions questionnaire (MCQ) measures individual differences in a selection of metacognitive beliefs, judgments and monitoring tendencies considered important in the metacognitive model of psychological disorders. The development and properties of a shortened 30-item version of the MCQ, the MCQ-30, are reported. Construct validity was evaluated by confirmatory and exploratory factor a...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that individuals with schizophrenia exhibit higher levels of unhelpful metacognitive beliefs than healthy controls, but no studies have explored metacognitive beliefs in early psychosis. AIMS We examined i) differences in levels of unhelpful metacognitive beliefs between psychosis spectrum disorders, and healthy controls, and ii) to what extent demograph...

aim and background:  major depressive disorder (mdd) has physically and psychological effect on individuals with that disorder. one of the effective areas is emotion expression styles and metacognitive beliefs that has important role in interpersonal and between individual relationships. the purpose of this research was study of emotion expression styles and metacognitive beliefs in individuals...

the present study aimed to examine the efficacy of metacognitive therapy in treatment of patients with pure obsession.six patients suffering from pure obsession were selected using purposeful sampling method and were included after meeting the inclusion criteria of the study. patients were assessed using the structured clinical interview for dsm- iv axis i disorder - patient edition (scid- i/p)...

procrastination is a widespread phenomenon that has been associated with the most of cognitive, emotional, and motivational factors, about which a clear and integrated picture is still lacking, though. the aim of this study was to use primary established psychological procrastination-related factors in the base of ellis cognitive emotional behavioral approach to examine whether reliable subgrou...