What is a metacognitive belief?

Metacognition is broadly defined as beliefs about one’s own cognition, and it is involved in the monitoring, control and appraisal (i.e., the interpretation) of one’s own thoughts. Metacognition serves as an internal guide that allows people to recognise their own thoughts, helping to allow them to take action.

What is metacognitive therapy used for?

Metacognitive Therapy focuses on removing the CAS and discovering what clients believe about their own thoughts and how their mind works. The therapist then shows the client how these beliefs lead to unhelpful responses which exacerbate and maintain the problem (e.g. depression or anxiety).

Is metacognitive therapy the same as CBT?

Metacognitive therapy differs from CBT in targeting specific psychological processes that are involved in the control of thinking thus enabling patients to free themselves from rumination and worry; cognitive processes central to depression. Small studies have examined the effects associated with MCT in depression.

What is the metacognitive model of GAD?

The metacognitive model of GAD (Wells, 1995, 1997, 2009) proposes that both positive and negative metacognitive beliefs need to be modified to enable people to disengage from worrying in response to trigger thoughts.

What are the 3 categories of metacognitive knowledge?

Metacognitive knowledge refers to acquired knowledge about cognitive processes, knowledge that can be used to control cognitive processes. Flavell further divides metacognitive knowledge into three categories: knowledge of person variables, task variables and strategy variables.

What is detached mindfulness?

Detached Mindfulness: a state of awareness of internal events, without responding to them. with sustained evaluation, attempts to control or suppress them, or respond to them behaviorally.

Does metacognitive therapy work?

Conclusions: Our findings indicate that MCT is an effective treatment for a range of psychological complaints. To date, strongest evidence exists for anxiety and depression. Current results suggest that MCT may be superior to other psychotherapies, including cognitive behavioral interventions.

What is metacognitive worry?

The metacognitive approach changes the way worry is viewed. It presents worry as a coping process aimed at mental control. It is a way of responding to negative thoughts about danger and is controlled by metacognition.

What is a Type 2 worry?

Type 2 worry is basically worry about worry. The cognitive model of GAD asserts that abnormal varieties of worry such as that found in GAD are associated with a high incidence of Type 2 worries, in which GAD patients negatively appraise the activity of worrying.

What are the 5 metacognitive skills?

Metacognitive Strategies

  • identifying one’s own learning style and needs.
  • planning for a task.
  • gathering and organizing materials.
  • arranging a study space and schedule.
  • monitoring mistakes.
  • evaluating task success.
  • evaluating the success of any learning strategy and adjusting.