The Relation between Metacognition and Mental Health Status among First-Year Medical Students at Several Months after Admission

VernacularTitle:初年次医学生の入学後早期におけるメタ認知と精神的健康の関連について ―A大学における調査―
Author: Ikuko NORO ¹ ; Hideaki SUZUKI ² ; Junko ISHIKAWA ³
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1. The Jikei University School of Medicine, Department of Human Science
2. The Jikei University School of Medicine, Center for Medical Education
3. The Jikei University School of Medicine, Mental Health/ Psychiatric Nursing
Keywords: first-year medical students; metacognition; mental health
From:Medical Education 2022;53(4):369-373
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: Background / Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between metacognition and mental health among first-year Japanese medical students at several months after admission.　Method: A questionnaire survey was conducted on first-year medical students at a private medical university. We used the Adults' Metacognition Scale to measure metacognition and the Japanese version of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) to measure mental health status.　Results: The data from 80 students were analyzed. The total metacognition score and the subscale monitoring score were negatively correlated with the GHQ-12 total score and were significantly different between the poor mental health group and the good mental health group. 　Discussion: The results suggest that students in poor mental health status were considered to have weak metacognition, especially monitoring.