Integrate Metacognition for cognitive emotional regulation in patients with cardiovascular disease

• Main Authors: Manizheh Firoozi, Mahtab Biranvandi
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Lorestan University of Medical Science 2018-06-01
• Series: Yafteh
• Subjects: Meta cognitive therapy; Cognitive emotional regulation; Top-down; Bottom-up processing; Cardiovascular disease
• Online Access: http://yafte.lums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2123-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1

Background: Patients with cardiovascular disease have difficulty in emotional regulation, and this disability can interfere with their treatment. Metacognition therapy (MCT) is a psychological intervention based on emotional management. The purpose of research is to study theeffectiveness of MCT for dementia cognitive emotion regulation in patients with cardiovascular. Materials and Methods: The present study was a clinical trial with pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The statistical population included all cardiovascular patients in Khorramabad. Sixty-six patients were randomly assigned into control and intervention (Metacognition therapy) groups. The cognitive-emotional regulation variable was used for data collection by a Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Garnefski & Kraaij). Repeated Measure ANOVA was used for data analysis. Results: The findings of the study indicated that Metacognitive therapy was effective in cognitive-emotional regulation (positive refocusing, positive reappraisal, refocus on planning) and not so effective in self-blame, focus on thought/rumination, and catastrophizing. Conclusion: Based on the findings of the research, Metacognitive therapy effects on cognitive dementia relate to top-down versus bottom-up processing in the brain.