Thingbak, A., Wells, A., & O’Toole, M. S. (2024). Group metacognitive therapy for children and adolescents with anxiety and depression: A preliminary trial and test of proposed mechanisms. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 107, 102926.
Abstract: Preliminary research supports the feasibility of metacognitive therapy (MCT) in children with generalized anxiety, but the effectiveness of MCT in treating children with other anxiety and depressive disorders largely remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects associated with MCT in targeting symptoms of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents and to investigate mechanisms proposed by the metacognitive model. Ninety-seven participants aged 10-17 years (M = 12.9 ± 1.9, 82.5 % females) with anxiety and depressive disorders received eight sessions of group MCT.