| Abstract [eng] |
Metacognitive beliefs, or in other words, metacognitions, are beliefs about thinking and general plans for controlling thoughts. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between metacognitions, anxiety, depressive symptoms, alcohol use in university students. 106 students participated in the study, including 84 female students (19.8%) and 21 male students (19.8%), 1 subject (0.9%) did not specify gender. Subjects ranged in age from 18 to 52 ( M = 25.59; SD = 6.7). The study used: The Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale-7 (GAD-7; Spitzer et al., 2006), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9 ; Spitzer et al., 1999), Metacognitions questionnaire-30 (MCQ-30; Wells & Cartwright-Hatton, 2004), Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test - Consumption , (AUDIT-C; Higienos institutas, 2016). The obtained results showed that Negative beliefs about the danger and uncontrollability of worry, and anxiety differed between genders. The study revealed the correlations of students’ metacognitions with experienced anxiety, depressive symptoms and alcohol consumption. A statistically significant influence of students' metacognitions was obtained in predicting the relationship between experienced anxiety and depressive symptoms with the risk level of alcohol consumption, when the metacognitions were high. |
