Associations between self-esteem, anxiety and depression and metacognitive awareness or metacognitive knowledge

Clélia Quiles; Antoinette Prouteau; Hélène Verdoux

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2015.10.035

Associations between self-esteem, anxiety and depression and metacognitive awareness or metacognitive knowledge

Psychiatry Res. 2015 Dec 15;230(2):738-41. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.10.035. Epub 2015 Oct 31.

Authors

Clélia Quiles¹, Antoinette Prouteau², Hélène Verdoux³

Affiliations

¹ Université de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France; INSERM, U657, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.
² Université de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France; Laboratoire de Psychologie Santé et Qualité de la vie, EA 4139, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.
³ Université de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France; INSERM, U657, F-33000 Bordeaux, France. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 26548980
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.10.035

Abstract

This study explored in a non-clinical sample the associations between self-esteem, anxiety and depression symptoms and metacognitive awareness or metacognitive knowledge. Higher metacognitive awareness scores measured during the neuropsychological tasks were positively associated with higher depression scores in the social cognition test. Metacognitive knowledge score measured independently of ongoing neuropsychological tasks was positively associated with lower self-esteem, higher anxiety (state or trait) and depression scores.

Keywords: Emotional factors; Metacognitive awareness; Metacognitive knowledge.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Anxiety / diagnosis*
Anxiety / psychology*
Depression / diagnosis*
Depression / psychology*
Female
Humans
Male
Metacognition*
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests
Self Concept*