title: Metacognitive beliefs and psychological well-being in paranoia and depression.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Despite the growing interest in the effects of metacognitive beliefs and psychological well-being on psychiatric conditions, little is known about how these two variables interact in clinical samples. The central aim of this study was to investigate the role of some metacognitive beliefs in the relationship between psychological well-being dimensions and psychopathology.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-five participants with persecutory delusions diagnosed with schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders, 38 participants with a major depressive episode, and 44 healthy controls completed the 30-item short form of the Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ-30) and the 54-item form of the Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being (PWB).
  
  
  RESULTS
  MANCOVA analyses revealed group differences on four subscales of PWB (self-acceptance, autonomy, personal growth, and environmental mastery), as well as on three subscales of MCQ-30 (uncontrollability of worry, need to control thoughts, and lack of memory confidence). Moderation analyses showed the interaction between persecutory thinking and cognitive self-consciousness to be a predictor of psychological well-being.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that psychological well-being is particularly compromised in participants with a high level of persecutory thinking when they have low levels of cognitive self-consciousness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. mcvalien@pdi.ucm.es
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Valiente
authors.forename: Jose M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Prados
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: Filiberto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fuentenebro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003071:Cognition; D003469:Culture; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires