Positive and negative metacognitions about alcohol use among university students: Psychometric properties of the PAMS and NAMS French versions

Circadian typology is related to emotion regulation, metacognitive beliefs and assertiveness in healthy adults

“…Nevertheless, the non-interaction observed between sex and circadian typology indicates that circadian typology results are independent of sex. The higher tendency to hold negative beliefs of uncontrollability and danger, to distrust the own memory and to stay continuously aware of self-thinking observed in evening-type supports the assumption of this typology as a risk factor for the development of different psychological problems and pathologies [9,11], as these metacognitive beliefs are related to diverse problems such as drug consumption and addictive behaviors [47,77,78], anxiety and stress [45,46,79] and depressive symptomatology [41,80,81], among others.…”

Distress tolerance and special alcohol metacognitions behave differently in the association of negative affect with alcohol‐related patterns in men with problematic alcohol use in the abstinence phase

“…Evidence also has reported that negative and positive alcohol‐related metacognitions were the strongest predictors of problematic alcohol use (Spada & Wells, 2010) and alcohol craving (Khosravani et al, 2020), respectively. Other studies have also shown different associations between alcohol‐related metacognitions and a continuum of drinking behaviours, including urgency states (craving) and problematic alcohol use, respectively (Caselli & Spada, 2010, 2015; Gierski et al, 2015; Khosravani, Zandifar, et al, 2019; Spada & Wells, 2009, 2010), especially in the presence of negative affect (Nikčević et al, 2017).…”

“…Also, individuals with high distress intolerance are more likely to relapse and also to use alcohol in dealing with their negative affect (Kraemer, McLeish, & O'Bryan, 2015; Williams, Vik, & Wong, 2015; Zvolensky, Feldner, Eifert, & Brown, 2001). In addition, positive and negative alcohol‐related metacognitions were positively associated with alcohol use, craving, and problematic alcohol use (Dragan, 2015; Dragan, Domozych, Czerski, & Dragan, 2018; Gierski et al, 2015; Janssen et al, 2020; Khosravani, Zandifar, Bastan, Kolubinski, & Amirinezhad, 2019; Spada, Caselli, & Wells, 2009; Spada & Wells, 2008, 2010).…”

“…Since craving is high in the abstinence phase, high negative affect and its intolerance may affect the duration of alcohol abstinence (Daughters, Lejuez, Kahler, Strong, & Brown, 2005) and increase craving (Veilleux et al, 2014), especially during the abstinence phase (Witkiewitz & Villarroel, 2009). Also, each of alcohol‐related metacognitions has been highly associated with different patterns of alcohol use, such as alcohol craving and problematic use, respectively (Caselli & Spada, 2010, 2015; Gierski et al, 2015; Khosravani, Zandifar, et al, 2019; Spada & Wells, 2009, 2010), especially when experiencing negative affect. So we hypothesized that negative affect would affect craving (via distress tolerance and positive alcohol metacognitions) and problematic alcohol use (via negative alcohol metacognitions and craving; see Figure 1).…”

What really matters in binge drinking: A dominance analysis of binge drinking psychological determinants among University students

“…Alcohol metacognitions were assessed through the French version of the Positive Alcohol Metacognitions Scale (PAMS) and the Negative Alcohol Metacognitions Scale (NAMS; Likert-type scales from 1 = do not agree to 4 = agree very much ; Gierski et al, 2015 ). The PAMS (12 items) assesses positive metacognitions about alcohol use, including metacognitions about emotional (Cronbach α = 0.91) and cognitive (Cronbach α = 0.79) self-regulation.…”