The current study aimed to test how metacognition relates to the concept of mindfulness attention awareness (MAA), whether metacognitions or MAA best predict symptoms of depression and anxiety, and whether there are significant differences between depression and anxiety levels due to metacognitions and MAA. Data were collected from a public sample through e-mails and social media platforms. The results showed that there was a moderate correlation between MAA and three of the five metacognitive subscales. Both MAA (r = 0.66) and metacognition (r = 0.64) were significantly correlated with depression and anxiety severity scores. Subjects in the depressed group ( r= 0.74) and anxious group (r = -0.47) endorsed metacognitions significantly more, and endorse MAA significantly less than did the nondepressed or nonanxious groups. Additionally, the results of the two-way ANOVA test revealed statistically significant effects for the depression level due to metacognitions (F = 99.802, p= 0.000) and MAA (F = 66.874, p = 0.000) in favor of total scores, as well as for the negative beliefs about the worry, cognitive confidence, and need for control factors. Regarding the level of anxiety, the results revealed significant differences between the anxious and not anxious groups due to the total score of MAA, while there were no differences for the cognitive self-consciousness factor or the overall average score of the metacognitive scale and its five factors upon anxious or not anxious groups. Moreover, the interaction results between depression and anxiety showed that there were significant differences for the negative beliefs about the worry, cognitive confidence, and need for control factors. Finally, regression analyses found metacognition to be an important predictor of symptoms explaining 52% for the depression, and 46% for the anxiety of the variance when controlling for age and gender, while mindfulness was a weaker predictor explaining 3% and 0% respectively of the variance.

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元认知、正念注意意识及其与抑郁和焦虑的关系

目前的研究旨在测试元认知与正念注意意识 (MAA) 概念的关系，元认知或 MAA 是否最能预测抑郁和焦虑的症状，以及由于元认知和 MAA 导致的抑郁和焦虑水平之间是否存在显着差异。数据是通过电子邮件和社交媒体平台从公共样本中收集的。结果表明，MAA 与五个元认知分量表中的三个分量表之间存在中等相关性。MAA (r = 0.66) 和元认知 (r = 0.64) 均与抑郁和焦虑严重程度评分显着相关。与非抑郁或非焦虑组相比，抑郁组 (r=0.74) 和焦虑组 (r=-0.47) 的受试者对元认知的支持显着更多，对 MAA 的支持显着减少。此外，双向方差分析的结果显示，元认知（F = 99.802，p = 0.000）和 MAA（F = 66.874，p = 0.000）对抑郁水平有统计学意义的影响，有利于总分，以及关于担心、认知自信和需要控制因素的消极信念。在焦虑水平方面，由于MAA总分的原因，焦虑组和非焦虑组之间存在显着差异，而认知自我意识因素或元认知量表的总平均分及其五项均无差异。焦虑或不焦虑群体的因素。此外，抑郁与焦虑的交互作用结果表明，对焦虑的消极信念、认知自信和控制因素的需求存在显着差异。