The comparison of meta-cognitive beliefs and thought control strategies in the patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and normal persons

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a disorder characterized by repeated experience of traumatic event, avoidance of stimulus memories of the traumatic event and extreme arousal and negative changes in cognition and mood.The aim of this study was to compare the meta-cognitive beliefs and thought control strategies in patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and normal subjects. For this purpose, in a post-event study, among patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in families referred to the psychiatric clinics of Tabriz, 40 patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and 40 normal subjects were selected in an accessible method and they were tested in terms of meta-cognitive beliefs, thought control strategies and Post-Traumatic Stress. The results of multivariate analysis of variance showed that that the mean scores of meta-cognitive beliefs and thought control strategies in patient with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is significantly more than normal subjects. It seems patients with Post-Traumatic Stress have, thought control strategies that are less efficient and more disturbed meta-cognitive beliefs. The findings also have important implications for the psychopathology and treatment of these patients.