PMID- 24360602
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150810
LR  - 20220316
IS  - 1532-8384 (Electronic)
IS  - 0010-440X (Linking)
VI  - 55
IP  - 4
DP  - 2014 May
TI  - Meta-cognitive beliefs as a mediator for the relationship between Cloninger's 
      temperament and character dimensions and depressive and anxiety symptoms among 
      healthy subjects.
PG  - 1029-37
LID - S0010-440X(13)00317-9 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.10.013 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggest that temperament and character may impact 
      depression and anxiety through dysfunctional cognition. This study targets the 
      mediating role of meta-cognitive beliefs in the relationship between Cloninger's 
      temperament and character dimensions and symptoms of depression and anxiety. 
      METHOD: One hundred and sixty-one healthy subjects filled out Cloninger's 
      Temperament Character Inventory (TCI), a Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ), the 
      Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). 
      Correlation and mediation analyses according to Baron and Kenny's method were 
      performed. RESULTS: Harm avoidance (HA) and self-directedness (SD) were related 
      to depression and anxiety. HA was related to negative beliefs about 
      uncontrollability of thoughts and to beliefs about cognitive confidence. SD was 
      associated with the same types of meta-cognitive beliefs and with general 
      negative beliefs. Cooperativeness (CO) was related to positive beliefs about 
      worry, beliefs about cognitive confidence and to general negative beliefs. 
      Self-transcendence (ST) was related to all types of meta-cognitive beliefs. 
      Mediation analysis revealed that the relationship between HA and depression and 
      anxiety is partially mediated by certain types of meta-cognitive beliefs. The 
      same results were obtained for the relationship between SD and depression and 
      anxiety. General negative beliefs fully mediated the relationship between CO and 
      depression and the relationship between ST and anxiety. CONCLUSIONS: 
      Meta-cognitive beliefs mediate the relationship between temperament and character 
      dimension and depressive and anxiety symptoms, thus providing further evidence 
      for the meta-cognitive theory of emotional disorders as presented by Wells and 
      Matthews (Behav Res Ther 1996;32:867-870).
CI  - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Gaweda, Lukasz
AU  - Gaweda L
AD  - II Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland. Electronic 
      address: lgaweda@wum.edu.pl.
FAU - Kokoszka, Andrzej
AU  - Kokoszka A
AD  - II Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland; Warsaw School 
      of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20131104
PL  - United States
TA  - Compr Psychiatry
JT  - Comprehensive psychiatry
JID - 0372612
SB  - IM
MH  - Adaptation, Psychological
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Anxiety/*psychology
MH  - *Character
MH  - *Cognition
MH  - Depression/*psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Harm Reduction
MH  - Healthy Volunteers
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Models, Psychological
MH  - Personality Inventory/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Self Concept
MH  - *Temperament
EDAT- 2013/12/24 06:00
MHDA- 2015/08/11 06:00
CRDT- 2013/12/24 06:00
PHST- 2013/04/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/10/26 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2013/10/29 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/12/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/12/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/08/11 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0010-440X(13)00317-9 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.10.013 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Compr Psychiatry. 2014 May;55(4):1029-37. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.10.013. 
      Epub 2013 Nov 4.