during the process of reading, sometimes learners use ineffective and inefficient strategies and some factors may influence their use of strategies. perhaps critical thinking is one of these factors. this study aims to identify those categories of reading strategies that are mostly used by iranian efl learners and to see if there is any significant relationship between the critical thinking abi...

Introduction: Meta-cognitive is a multidimensional concept. The concept includes knowledge, processes, and strategies which monitor, evaluate and control the cognition. The current study has been done to investigate the relationship between metacognitive beliefs and anxiety and OCD symptoms in nonclinical population. Method: 327 students (182 female students and 145 male students) of Lorestan ...

Background and purpose: New theories about social anxiety focus on the cognitive processes such as metacognition and anxiety sensitivity. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of metacognitive beliefs and anxiety sensitivity in social anxiety disorder. Materials and methods: In a correlational study, 261 university students (118 males and 143 females) were selected using conv...

Background : Metacognitive beliefs interact with emotional disorders and this matter can be used in educational programs and psychological interventions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between metacognitive beliefs and anxiety and depression. Materials and Methods: In this correlation study, at first, 140 persons were chosen with cluster sampling method. They com...