A test of the goodness of fit of the generic metacognitive model of psychopathology symptoms

Common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety frequently co-occur and may share etiological mechanisms. The metacognitive model is based on the principle that there are common pathological mechanisms across disorders that account for comorbidity and therefore can be conceptualized in one ge...

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Published in:BMC psychiatry 2019-09, Vol.19 (1), p.288-288, Article 288
Main Authors: Nordahl, Henrik, Ødegaard, Ingunn Harsvik, Hjemdal, Odin, Wells, Adrian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety
Attentional control
Batteries
Care and treatment
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data modeling
Depression
Diagnosis
Female
Generalized anxiety
Generic metacognitive model
Humans
Male
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - physiopathology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Metacognition
Metacognition - physiology
Metacognitive beliefs
Models, Psychological
Norway
Psychiatry
Psychopathology
S-REF model
Self Report
Social anxiety
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety frequently co-occur and may share etiological mechanisms. The metacognitive model is based on the principle that there are common pathological mechanisms across disorders that account for comorbidity and therefore can be conceptualized in one generic model. A central prediction of the model is that particular metacognitive beliefs concerning the value of worry, and the uncontrollability and danger of cognition are positively correlated with psychopathology symptoms. In the present study, we set out to test the overall fit of this model by assessing generic metacognitive beliefs and judgements of attention control capacity as predictors of common and frequently co-occurring emotional distress symptoms. In a cross-sectional design, 645 participants gathered at convenience completed a battery of self-report questionnaires. Structural equation modelling indicated a good model fit for the generic metacognitive model, and the predictors accounted for 93% of the variance in distress consisting of depression-, generalized- and social anxiety symptoms. This finding supports the generic model and the implication that it can be used as a basis to formulate and treat multiple presenting problems.
ISSN:1471-244X
1471-244X
DOI:10.1186/s12888-019-2266-5