OBJECTIVES. Deficits in metacognition, or the ability to think about thinking, are common in @entity161 and associated with functional impairment. Unknown are what elements of function are affected by what aspects of metacognition. DESIGN. This study explored whether @entity1 with differing capacities for Mastery, a domain of metacognition that reflects the ability to use knowledge about mental states to respond to psychological challenges, had difficulties in different elements of daily function. METHODS. @entity1 were 98 adults with @entity161 or @entity914 in a non-acute phase, classified into three groups on the basis of ratings of their capacity for metacognitive Mastery using the Metacognitive Assessment Scale: low Mastery (those unable to plausibly represent psychological challenges), Intermediate Mastery (those able to plausibly represent @entity458 but cope primarily through passive measures or avoidance), and high Mastery (those able to cope with plausible problems through cognitive means). @entity1 completed assessments of coping preference, insight, self-esteem, and @entity148 . RESULTS. Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) revealed that the high-Mastery group had a greater preference for coping with stressors by thinking and talking about them, and greater insight than all other groups, and higher levels of feeling accepted by peers than the intermediate-Mastery group. The intermediate-Mastery group reported higher levels of resignation when facing stressors and more social phobia than the other two groups. These findings of Mastery group differences in self-esteem and @entity148 persisted when neurocognition was controlled for in an Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). CONCLUSIONS. Mastery appears linked to coping preference, insight, self-esteem, and @entity148 in a generally non-linear manner.

Metacognition in @entity161 : the relationship of mastery to coping, insight, self-esteem, XXXX , and various facets of neurocognition.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'Participants'] @entity458 :: ('MESH:D020018', 'Disease') :: ['psychological problems'] @entity914 :: ('MESH:D011618', 'Disease') :: ['schizoaffective disorder'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety'] @entity161 :: ('MESH:D012559', 'Disease') :: ['schizophrenia']
@entity148 :: (MESH:D001008,Disease) :: ['social anxiety']
