APA Dictionary of Psychology
metaworry
- n.
- persistent worry about one’s own thoughts and cognitive processes.
- a negative metacognitive process in which one worries about one’s own worrying and about its potentially harmful effects on oneself. According to British psychologist Adrian Wells, who first described this process in 1994, it contributes to the development of generalized anxiety disorder.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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