Role of rumination in the relationship between metacognition and shyness

作     者：Sara Palmieri Giovanni Mansueto Simona Scaini Francesca Fiore Sandra Sassaroli Giovanni M Ruggiero Rosita Borlimi Bernardo J Carducci 

作者机构：Studi Cognitivi Cognitive Psychotherapy School and Research Center Department of Psychology Sigmund Freud University Psicoterapia Cognitiva e Ricerca Cognitive Psychotherapy School Shyness Research Institute Indiana University Southeast 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Psychiatry》 (世界精神病学杂志)

年 卷 期：2018年第8卷第4期

页      面：108-113页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Social anxiety Shyness Rumination Postevent Metacognitive beliefs 

摘      要：AIM To explore the association between metacognitive beliefs, rumination and shyness in a non-clinical sample of adults. METHODS One hundred and three healthy subjects from the general population were enrolled in the study. Shyness was evaluated using the Revised Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale, rumination was assessed using the Ruminative Response Scale, metacognition was evaluated using the MetaCognitions Questionnaire 30, and anxiety levels were measured using the State Trait Anxiety Inventory form Y. Correlation analyses, mediation models and 95% bias-corrected and accelerated(BCaCI) bootstrapped analyses were performed. Mediation analyses were adjusted for sex and anxiety. RESULTS Shyness, rumination and metacognition were significantly correlated(P 0.05). The relationship between metacognition and shyness was fully mediated by rumination(Indirect effect: 0.20; 95% BCaCI: 0.08-0.33).CONCLUSION These findings suggest an association between metacognition and shyness. Rumination mediated the relationship between metacognition and shyness, suggesting that rumination could be a cognitive strategy for shy people. Future research should explore the relationship between these constructs in more depth.