The role of intolerance of uncertainty and negative metacognitive beliefs in fear of cancer recurrence: a longitudinal study
Grant Data
Project Title
The role of intolerance of uncertainty and negative metacognitive beliefs in fear of cancer recurrence: a longitudinal study
Principal Investigator
Dr Lam, Wendy Wing Tak
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Professor Kwong Ava
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Chan Wing Lok Wendy
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Foo Chi Chung
(Co-Investigator)
Professor Ng Simon Siu Man
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Liao Qiuyan
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
30
Start Date
2022-06-29
Amount
739522
Conference Title
The role of intolerance of uncertainty and negative metacognitive beliefs in fear of cancer recurrence: a longitudinal study
Keywords
cognitive attentional syndrome, fear of cancer recurrence, Intolerance of uncertainty, meta-cognitive beliefs, psycho-oncology
Discipline
PsychologyPsychosocial and Behavioural Research
Panel
Humanities & Social Sciences (H)
HKU Project Code
17613221
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2021
Status
On-going
Objectives
1 To test if intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and negative metacognitive beliefs about worry independently predicts fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) 2 To examine the mediating effect of cognitive attentional syndrome (CAS) on the relationship between IU and FCR 3 To examine the mediating effect of CAS on the relationship between negative metacognition beliefs and FCR 4 To examine the overall interrelationship effects among negative metacognitive beliefs, IU, and CAS on FCR.