A comparison among meta-cognition, anxiety and depression components in the mothers of children with mental disorders

• Main Author: Narges Zamani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gonabad University of Medical Sciences 2019-09-01
• Series: Journal of Research & Health
• Subjects: Anxiety; Depression; Meta-Cognition; Mental Disorders
• Online Access: http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-953-en.pdf

Meta-cognition is one of the high cognitive processes of brain which has positive relationship with other cognitive capacities and is considered as a predisposing factor in lots of psychopathologies. The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between meta-cognition and anxiety and depression in the mothers of children with mental disorders. It was a study conducted on the mothers of 2 to 14 year-old children. 143 mothers with mental disorders (developmental disorders and disruptive behavior disorders) were selected through purposive sampling. They were assessed using meta-cognitive beliefs questionnaire, Spielberger anxiety questionnaire, and Beck depression inventory-II. Data analysis showed that there was a significant difference in the rate of anxiety, depression and meta-cognition among the mothers of children with mental disorders. Psychological health of these mothers was low so the use of a systemic approach will be useful in solving the problems of such families.