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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among meta-cognitive beliefs, mindfulness and ruminative thoughts in post-secondary students. The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) and Ruminative Response Style Scale (RRS) were completed by 381 students who were selected using multi-stage cluster sampling from the Islamic Azad University of Bojnoord, Iran. The results showed a negative correlation between metacognitive beliefs and rumination (P < 0.01), while positive and significant correlation with mindfulness and ruminative thoughts (P < 0.01).
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Razavizadeh Tabadkan, B.B.Z., Mohammadi Poor, M. Relationship between Meta-Cognitive Beliefs and Mindfulness with Ruminative Thoughts in Students. Int J Ment Health Addiction 14, 1052–1056 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-016-9688-9
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