The relationship between behavioral brain systems activity and anxiety sensitivity with the mediating role of metacognitive beliefs

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan Branch, Zahedan

2 professor of psychology university of sistan and baluchestan

3 Associate Professor , Department of Psychology , Faculty of Education and Psychology , University of Sistan and Baluchestan , Zahedan, Iran

Abstract

Anxiety as a part of modern human life is present in all people in the moderate level and is considered as an adaptive response to environmental stimuli.
Methods: The study population consists of all students of universities in Zahedan in 1399. Among them, 371 students of different levels from associate to doctorate were selected by non-random sampling method and accessible (targeted). Finally, they answered 3 Jackson five-factor questionnaires, Reese and Patterson Anxiety Sensitivity Questionnaire and Metacognition Questionnaire (MCQ-30).
Results: The results showed that the behavioral activation system has no effect on anxiety sensitivity. There is also a significant negative relationship between the behavioral inhibition system and the system of war, escape and freezing and anxiety sensitivity. On the other hand, the findings showed that there is a significant positive correlation between most components of metacognitive beliefs and anxiety sensitivity, including positive beliefs about anxiety, cognition, the need to control thoughts, and cognitive self-awareness. While in the component of uncontrollability and risk with anxiety sensitivity was not found. P <05%
Conclusion: The findings of the present study indicate that there is a relationship between the behavioral brain system in the subscale of war, escape, and freezing, and there is a significant relationship between anxiety sensitivity and most branches of cognitive beliefs

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medical journal of mashhad university of medical sciences
Volume 67, Issue 2
March and April 2024

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