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. 2023 Jan 31:2023:6547804.
doi: 10.1155/2023/6547804. eCollection 2023.

Impact of Metacognition on Health-Related Behavior: A Mediation Model Study

Yue Li  1 , Jiaxing Tang  2 , Xiaoran Ma  3 , Xiaomin Zhang  4 , Yansong Xue  5 , Xiang Zhao  1
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Impact of Metacognition on Health-Related Behavior: A Mediation Model Study

Yue Li et al. J Environ Public Health. .

Abstract

Objective: The study aims to explore the correlation mechanism among metacognition, attitude toward physical exercise, and health-related behavior in high school students.

Methods: A total of 869 students (17 ± 1.70) from Anhui, Zhejiang, Shandong, and Fujian provinces were selected by stratified sampling to complete the Metacognition Questionnaire, Health-Related Behavior Self-Rating Scale, Attitude Toward Physical Exercise Scale, and Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale (Simplified Chinese version, DASS-21).

Results: (1) Metacognition was negatively predictive of attitude toward physical exercise and health-related behavior (β = -0.236, P < 0.01; β = -0.239, P < 0.01) but positively predictive of negative emotion (β = 0.496, P < 0.01); (2) attitude toward physical exercise was positively predictive of health-related behavior (β = 0.533, P < 0.01) but negatively predictive of negative emotion (β = -0.336, P < 0.01); and (3) negative emotion was negatively predictive of health-related behavior (β = -0.389, P < 0.01).

Conclusions: Metacognition not only has a directly predictive effect on health-related behavior but also predicts it through attitude toward physical exercise. Negative emotion also mediates the relationship between metacognition and attitude toward physical exercise.

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The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

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Hypothesized model of the effect of metacognition on health-related behavior.
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Regulating effect of negative emotion on metacognition and attitude toward physical exercise.
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