Metacognition and theory of mind in children with migraine and children with internalizing disorders

Natalucci, Giulia; Faedda, Noemi; Quinzi, Alessia; Fegatelli, Danilo Alunni; Fazi, Michela; Verdecchia, Paola; Sabatello, Ugo; Catino, Elena; Cerutti, Rita; Guidetti, Vincenzo

doi:10.1007/s10072-019-03805-7

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“…In pediatric migraine [27][28][29][30][31], it has been showed an association between physical sickness and mental representation and way to think [32,33], resulting in di culties in expressing emotional states [34] and higher level of alexithymia [35,36]. Less evidence is available in adult migraine.…”

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Social cognition in Chronic Migraine with Medication Overuse: Do you mind what I think?

Bottiroli

Rosi

Sances

et al. 2023

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Background Social cognition refers to all mental operations to decipher information needed in social interactions. Here we aimed to outline the socio-cognitive profile of Chronic Migraine with Medication Overuse (CM + MO), given they are recognized to be at risk of socio-cognitive difficulties. Given the multidimensionality of this construct, we considered: (1) socio-cognitive abilities, (2) socio-cognitive beliefs, (3) alexithymia and autism traits, and (4) social relationships. Methods Seventy-one patients suffering from CM + MO, 61 from episodic migraine (EM), and 80 healthy controls (HC) were assessed with a comprehensive battery: (1) the Faux Pas test (FP), the Strange Stories task (SS), the Reading Mind in the Eyes test (RMET), (2) the Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale, (3) the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, the Autism Spectrum Quotient, (4) the Lubben Social Network Scale, the Friendship Scale. Results CM + MO: (1) performed similar to EM but worse than HC in the FP and SS, while they were worse than EM and HC in the RMET; (2) were similar to EM and HC in social intelligence; (3) had more alexithymic/autistic traits than EM and HC; (4) reported higher levels of contact with their family members but felt little support from the people around them than HC. Conclusions CM + MO results characterized by a profile of compromised socio-cognitive abilities that affects different dimensions. These findings may have a relevant role in multiple fields related to chronic headache: from the assessment to the management.

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Social cognition in Chronic Migraine with Medication Overuse: Do you mind what I think?

Bottiroli

Rosi

Sances

et al. 2023

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“…Particularly, negative metacognitive beliefs are more frequent in children with clinical anxiety disorders compared to nonclinical groups [22][23][24]. Similarly, Natalucci et al [25] found an association between cognitive monitoring (i.e., the tendency to be aware of one's own thoughts), negative meta-cognitive beliefs, and internalizing disorders. These data globally support the link between frequent worry, meta-worry, and increased anxiety symptoms in children.…”

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Coping Strategies and Meta-Worry in Adolescents’ Adjustment during COVID-19 Pandemic

Benedetto¹,

Schipilliti²,

Ingrassia³

2022

Adolescences

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With the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, several limitations and stressful changes have been introduced in adolescent’s daily life. Particularly, Italian teenagers were the first among western populations to experience fears of infection, home confinement, and social restrictions due to a long lockdown period (10 weeks). This study explores the role of coping strategies (task-oriented, emotion-oriented, and avoidance coping) and meta-beliefs about worry as vulnerability factors associated with adolescents’ anxiety. A community sample of adolescents (N = 284, aged 16–18 y.o.) answered questionnaires assessing anxiety symptoms (RCMAS-2), meta-cognitive beliefs and processes about worry (MCQ-C), and coping strategies (CISS). Results show that 37% of participants report clinically elevated anxiety. Emotion-centered coping predicted higher anxiety, whereas task-centered coping resulted associated with decreased anxiety. Cognitive monitoring about their own worry contributes, but to a lesser extent, to higher levels of anxiety. The implications for the intervention are discussed, especially the need to enhance the coping skills of adolescents and mitigate the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, which could last for a long time.

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Migraine and epilepsy: Social cognition skills in pediatric population

Operto¹,

Scuoppo²,

Padovano³

et al. 2022

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

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Metacognition and theory of mind in children with migraine and children with internalizing disorders

Cited by 5 publications

References 3 publications

Social cognition in Chronic Migraine with Medication Overuse: Do you mind what I think?

Social cognition in Chronic Migraine with Medication Overuse: Do you mind what I think?

Coping Strategies and Meta-Worry in Adolescents’ Adjustment during COVID-19 Pandemic

Migraine and epilepsy: Social cognition skills in pediatric population

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