The mediating role of cognitive flexibility in therelationship between metacognition andpsychological health: A study in a non-clinical sample

Abstract

Objective: Metacognition is a concept that refers to the awareness and control of individuals’ cognitive processes. In thisregard, metacognitive processes may promote cognitive flexibility. The present study investigates the impact of metacognitionson adults’ psychological health and the mediating role of cognitive flexibility through bootstrap analysis. Method: The sample comprised of 212 university students. All volunteers had no history of psychiatric/neurological disordersand no use of medication affecting the central nervous system for the last six months. Participants were required to completethe Metacognitions Questionnaire-30, the General Health Questionnaire-12, and the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory via anonline survey. Results: According to the correlation analyses, cognitive flexibility was found to be negatively correlated with dysfunctionalmetacognition (r=-0.227, p