METACOGNITIVE BELIEFS AND THOUGHT CONTROL STRATEGIES AS PREDICTORS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS IN A SAMPLE OF KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS

 

            The aim of this study was to identify the relationship of perceived stress in both Metacognitive beliefs and thought control strategies. It also aimed at detecting the possibility of predicting psychological stress through both the Metacognitive beliefs and thought control strategies. The study sample consisted of (200) students. (1) The researcher used the following scales: The Psychological Perceived Stress Scale (PPSS), prepared by Cohen (1983); (2), Metacognition scale (MCS-30) (Wells &Cartwright-Hatton, 1997) (translated by Elkholy,2011), Thought Control Strategies (TCS) (Wells & Davies, 1994) (translated by Elkholy,2011). The researcher used also a number of statistical methods such as correlation coefficients, multiple regression analysis, and path analysis. The results of the study revealed the possibility of predicting perceived Stresses through the following Metacognitive beliefs (negative beliefs about the inability to control ideas / danger, cognitive confidence), and also revealed the possibility of predicting perceived Stresses through the following thought control strategies: Punishment, and social control). The study, using modeling in constructional equations, found that punishment and reappraisal were the most influential strategies of thought control in perceived Stresses. It also found that the metacognitive beliefs about the need to control negative thoughts and beliefs about the inability to control ideas / danger is the most influential belief in the occurrence of perceived Stresses. In light of this, the study presented a structural model that identifies the pathways that characterize the relationship between perceived Stresses and the strategies of controlling thought and metacognitive beliefs.
Key words: Metacognitive beliefs, Thought control strategies, Psychological Percieved stress.
 



 


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