RT Journal Article
T1 A four-wave survey to test the relative importance of schemas and metacognitive beliefs as within-person correlates of depressive symptoms
A1 Cano-López, Julia B.
A1 Nordahl, Henrik
A1 García-Sancho, Esperanza
A1 Anyan, Frederick
A1 Salguero-Noguera, José Martín
K1 Psicología clínica
K1 Depresión mental
AB Understanding theorized psychological mechanisms underlying depressivesymptoms at the within-person level can have direct implications for how depression isformulated and targeted in therapy. The cognitive model of depression postulates schemasas central mechanisms in depression, while the metacognitive model challenges this andemphasize dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs. Previous research has investigated therelative importance of these different belief domains in depression but have in large reliedon cross-sectional data or focused on between-person prospective relationships. Weaimed to evaluate the relative contribution of schemas versus metacognitive beliefs todepressive symptoms at the within-person level over a four-wave survey period (with 4-week intervals) in a sample of 526 individuals. Our results showed that change in positivemetacognitive beliefs and negative metacognitive beliefs about the uncontrollability ofrumination, but not change in schemas, were the unique factors associated with changesin depressive symptoms over time. Moreover, change in negative metacognitive beliefsabout the social consequences of rumination was significantly associated with change inschemas above and beyond the change in depressive symptoms. Our findings suggest amore relevant contribution of metacognitive beliefs than schemas to depressive symptomsat the within-person level. Clinical implications and future directions are discussed,stressing the importance of replicating these findings in clinical samples.
PB Elsevier
YR 2026
FD 2026-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40467
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40467
LA eng
NO Julia B. Cano-López, Henrik Nordahl, Esperanza García-Sancho, Frederick Anyan, José M. Salguero, A four-wave survey to test the relative importance of schemas and metacognitive beliefs as within-person correlates of depressive symptoms, Journal of sychiatric Research, Volume 192, 2026, Pages 271-279, ISSN 0022-3956, https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.jpsychires.2025.10.038.
NO Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga/CBUA
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026