Korean J Child Stud. 2004; 25(3): 41-57.
Metacognition: Its Relationship to Children`s Worry, Deprssion, and Trait anxiety
아동의 특질불안, 우울, 걱정증상과 상위인지와의 관계
임경희
Kyung Hee Lim
ABSTRACT
The subjects in this study were 442 5th and 6th grade school children in Seoul. Data were analyzed by Pearson`s correlation, Stepwise Multiple Regression, and MANOVA. The principal findings were that worry, depression, and trait anxiety were positively related to metacognitive knowledge, particularly, meta-worry, positive beliefs about worry, negative beliefs about worry, lower appraisal about cognitive competence, and cognitive self-consciousness. These traits were also positively related to such metacognitive regulation strategies as worry displacement, self punishment, reappraisal, and social control. Metacognition influenced worry, depression, and trait anxiety; groups having more problems worry, depression, and trait anxiety showed high scores in metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive regulation strategies.
Key words :
metacognition, trait anxiety, depression, worry
