The contribution of metacognitive beliefs and dysfunctional illness beliefs in predicting health anxiety: An evaluation of the metacognitive versus the cognitive models

被引：21
作者：
Bailey, Robin [1 ,2 ]
Wells, Adrian [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Manchester, Dept Clin Psychol, Manchester, Lancs, England
[2] Univ Cent Lancashire, Sch Hlth, Brook Bldg 235, Preston, Lancs, England
来源：
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST | 2016年 / 20卷 / 03期
关键词：
clinical; dysfunctional beliefs; health anxiety; metacognitive beliefs; neuroticism; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; CASE SERIES; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; DISORDER; DEPRESSION; SYMPTOMS; THERAPY; THREAT; SCALE; INDEX;
D O I：
10.1111/cp.12078
中图分类号：
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号：
040203 ;
摘要：
BackgroundIn the cognitive model dysfunctional beliefs about symptoms and illnesses are pivotal in the conceptualisation of health anxiety. The metacognitive model offers an alternative view in that health anxiety is linked more to beliefs about thinking, that is metacognitive beliefs. This study sets out to test the relative contribution of each type of belief to health anxiety as a rigorous test of each of the respective models. MethodIn the present study, 377 participants completed measures of neuroticism, health anxiety-related dysfunctional beliefs and metacognitive beliefs. ResultsMetacognitive beliefs explained a significant and large proportion (49 %) of the variance in health anxiety, when controlling for dysfunctional beliefs and neuroticism. They were found to be the strongest independent predictors of health anxiety. ConclusionsOverall, the findings indicate that metacognitive beliefs have a role in predicting health anxiety and may be more important than the symptom-related beliefs emphasised in cognitive models. The clinical implications of these findings are briefly considered.
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