باورهاي فراشناختي و سلامت عمومي در دانشجويان

Metacognitive beliefs and general health among college students

Introduction: Mctacognition is a multi-dimensional concept ineluding knowledge, processes, and strategies for appraisal. monitoring, and control of cognition. The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between general health and metacognitive beliefs in students. Materials and Methods: One hundred students (44 males and 56 females) were selected from faculty of psychology of Karaj Islamic Azad University using cluster-random sampling. All of the subjects were asked to answer demographic questions and the general health questionnaire (GHQ-28) as well as Wells and Canwright metacognitive questionnaire. The data were analyzed by multivariate regression analysis and Pearsonʹs correlation coefficient. Results: Research lindings showed signilicant positive relationships between metacognitive beliefs and general health. In other words, individuals with higher scores in mctacognitive scale revealed worse general health status. There was also a significant relationship between total scores of both scales and scores on uncontrollability, positive beliefs, cognitive confidence and need to control thoughts (P