Cognitive self-consciousness and meta-worry and their relations to symptoms of worry and obsessional thoughts.
The relation between cognitive self-consciousness and meta-worry, and their association with symptoms of worry and obsessional thoughts were examined. 53 undergraduate students completed the expanded version of the Cognitive Self-consciousness Scale, the Meta-worry subscale of the Anxious Thoughts Inventory, the Penn State Worry Questionnaire, and the Padua Inventory-Revised. Analysis showed that cognitive self-consciousness and meta-worry were moderately correlated (r =.57). Further, both constructs were positively associated with symptoms of worry and obsessional thoughts. When controlling for cognitive self-consciousness, metaworry remained significantly correlated to both types of symptoms. Yet, when controlling for meta-worry, correlations between cognitive self-consciousness and symptoms of worry and obsessional thoughts clearly attuned and were no longer significant. These findings suggest that meta-worry is more important for understanding excessive, intrusive thought patterns than the mere tendency to monitor one's thoughts.
de Bruin
Gwendolijn Olivia
GO
Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. g.o.debruin@fsw.eur.no
Rassin
Eric
E
Muris
Peter
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D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009770:Obsessive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013850:Thinking