title: Do depression and anxiety mediate the relationship between meta-cognitive beliefs and psychological dimensions of auditory hallucinations and delusions in schizophrenia?
abstract: We investigated if depression and anxiety mediate the relationship between meta-cognitive beliefs and psychological dimensions of delusions and hallucinations in schizophrenia subjects (n=74). Depression, but not anxiety, mediated the relationship between certain dysfunctional meta-cognitive beliefs and psychological dimensions of delusions. Although direct effects between hallucination dimensions and certain meta-cognitive beliefs were found, anxiety and depression did not serve as mediators in this relationship. The results suggest a significant pathway from meta-cognition to delusions through depression.
authors.affiliation: II Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, ul. Kondratowicza 8, 03-242 Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: lgaweda@wum.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Lukasz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gawęda
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Holas
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kokoszka
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003071:Cognition; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
keywords: Emotions; Meta-cognitive beliefs; Psychotic symptoms