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Beatriz Abad Villaverde
Os delirios en poboacións non clínicas son, segundo Strauss (1969), experiencias que ocorren ao longo dun continuum, que vai desde a propensión a ter ideas delirantes até o pólo oposto onde se situarían as formas patolóxicas. O posicionamento ao longo do continuum determínao a intensidade das crenzas, a preocupación que causan e o grao de certeza que conlevan. Obxectivo: Analizar o papel das crenzas metacognitivas no proceso de transición desde fenómenos delirantes “normais” a formas patolóxicas. Método: N= 387 estudantes universitarios con idades entre 18 e 43 anos (M= 20.99; SD= 2.46). Aplicouse a Escala de Propensión a Delirios (PDI-21; Peters et al., 2004) e o Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ-30; Wells & Cartwright-Hatton, 2004), para coñecer o patrón metacognitivo dos participantes. Resultados: A propensión a delirios, tanto de forma global coma analizando cada dimensión por separado: Malestar, Preocupación e Certeza, están asociadas coas crenzas metacognitivas. Discútense os resultados fronte aos achados actuais na literatura.
The delusions in nonclinical populations are experiences that happen through out a continuum, from the proneness to have delusional ideas to the opposite, where the pathological forms are placed. The positioning along the continuum is determined by the beliefs, the worries it causes and the degree of certainty they imply. Objective: To analyse the role of the metacognitive beliefs in the transitional process from “normal” delirious phenomena to pathological forms. Method: N= 387 university students 18 to 43 of age (M= 20.99; SD= 2.46). The Peters Delusions Inventory (PDI-21; Peters et al., 2004) and the Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ-30; Wells & Cartwright-Hatton, 2004) were applied in order to know the participant's metacognitive pattern. Results: The proneness to delusion, both in a global form and analysing each of its dimensions by themselves – Discomfort, Worry and Certainty –, is linked to the metacognitive beliefs. The results are discussed with the current discoveries in publications.
