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Effect of metacognitive training applied on depression and cognitive distortion levels of depression patients

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This research is carried out in the pre test-post test, control group and semi-experimental design to detect effect of metacognitive training applied on depression and cognitive distortion levels of depression patients. Total of 77 patients diagnosed with depression, including 38 experimental and 39 control groups, compose the sample of the study. The data were collected by ‘Personal Information Form’, ‘Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)’ and ‘Cognitive Distortions Scale (CDS)’. Metacognition training was applied once a week as a group training as a total of 8 sessions. In the pre-test, no significant difference was observed in the experimental and control groups in terms of the mean scores of BDI and CDS (p > 0.05). In the post-test, it was determined that the mean scores of BDI and CDS were significantly decreased in the experimental group compared to the control group (p < 0.05). In intra-group comparisons, the mean scores of mid-test and post-test BDI and CDS of the patients in the experimental group decreased significantly compared to the pre-test (p < 0.05). In the intra-group comparisons of the control group, while the mean scores of BDI decreased significantly in the post-test (p < 0.05), there was no significant different in the mean scores of the CDS (p > 0.05). It was determined that metacognition training was effective in decreasing depression and cognitive distortion levels of patients. It is recommended that metacognition training is applied by mental health professionals in the treatment of depression.

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The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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This study was supported by Gaziantep University Scientific Research Projects Management Unit as the number BAYBP-SBF.DT.19.01 project. The funding source had no role in the design or conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis and interpretation of data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; or decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

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Ethical Approval All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

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This study was approved by the Gaziantep University Clinical Research Ethics Committee for conducting the study (Ethics Committee Decision Number: 237).

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Strengths and Limitations

Strengths of the study; the use of an up-to-date approach in the treatment of depression, homogeneity of the experimental and control groups, and the experimental design of the study with pretest-posttest and control measurements.

Although the study demonstrates notable strengths, important limitations remain. The follow-up period is limited to 3 months since the research was conducted between certain dates ve the fact that the sample was obtained from a single center and its limited number is one of the limitations of the study. In addition, the variables were evaluated only with the self-report tool.

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Özgüç, S., Tanriverdi, D. Effect of metacognitive training applied on depression and cognitive distortion levels of depression patients. Curr Psychol 42, 10025–10034 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02202-8

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