Pubblicazioni

Qui potrete trovare un elenco delle principali pubblicazioni scientifiche su teoria e terapia metacognitiva distinti per aree di contenuto:

Teoria e Terapia Metacognitiva

Studi di efficacia  della Terapia Metacognitiva

Disturbo d’Ansia Generalizzata

Depressione e Ruminazione

Trauma e Stress Post-traumatico

Pensieri intrusivi e sintomi Ossessivo-Compulsivi

Dipendenze patologiche

Sintomi Psicotici

Fobia Sociale

Disturbi organici, ansia per la salute, panico

Disturbi Alimentari

Metacognizioni, rimuginio, controllo del pensiero

Self-Attention and Self-Regulation

Teoria e Terapia Metacognitiva

Wells, A. 2010). Metacognitive Therapy. In J.D. Herbert & E.M. Forman (Eds). Acceptance and Mindfulness in Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Understanding and applying the new therapies. New York: Wiley.

Wells, A.(2009). Metacognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Depression. New York: Guilford.

Fisher, P. & Wells, A. (2009). Metacognitive Therapy: Distinctive Features.Hove, UK: Routledge.

Cooper, M., Todd, G. & Wells, A. (2009). Treating Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating: An Integrated Metacognitive and Cognitive Therapy Manual. London, UK: Routledge.

Wells, A. (2008). Metacognitive Therapy: Cognition applied to regulating cognition. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 36, 651-658.

Wells, A.(2007). Cognition about Cognition: Metacognitive Therapy and Change in Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Phobia. Cognitive and Behavioural Practice, 14, 18-25.

Wells, A. (2007). The Attention Training Technique: Theory, effects and a metacognitive hypothesis on auditory hallucinations. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 14, 134-138.

Wells, A. & Matthews, G.(2006). Cognitive vulnerability to anxiety disorders: An integration. In: L.B. Alloy & J.H.Riskind (Eds.). Cognitive Vulnerability to Emotional Disorders. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Wells, A. (2006) The Metacognitive Model of Worry and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In: G.C.L. Davey & A. Wells (Eds.). Worry and Psychological Disorders: Assessment and Treatment. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Wells, A. (2005). Worry, Intrusive Thoughts, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder: The Metacognitive Theory and Treatment. In: D.A. Clark (ed.). Intrusive thoughts in Clinical Disorders: Theory, Research and Treatment. New York: Guilford.

Wells, A. (2005). Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In: A. Freeman (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Cognitive Behavior Therapy.New York: Springer.

Wells, A. (2005). Detached Mindfulness in Cognitive Therapy: A metacognitive analysis and ten techniques.Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive –Behavior Therapy, 23, 337-355

Wells, A. & Sembi, S. (2004). Metacognitive Therapy for PTSD: A Core Treatment Manual. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 11, 365-377.

Wells, A. (2004). A Cognitive Model of GAD: Metacognitions and Pathological Worry. In: R.G Heimberg, C. Turk, D. Mennin (eds.). Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Advances in Research and Practice. New York: Guilford.

Wells, A. (2004). Metacognitive Therapy: Elements of mental control in understanding and treating GAD and PTSD. In: R.L. Leahy (Ed.). Contemporary Cognitive Therapy: Theory, Research, and Practice. New York: Guilford.

Wells, A. & Papageorgiou, C. (2004). Metacognitive Therapy for Depressive Rumination. In: C. Papageorgiou & A.Wells (Eds.). Depressive Rumination: Nature, Theory and Treatment. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Wells, A. (2003). Anxiety disorders, metacognition and change. In: R.L. Leahy (ed.). Roadblocks in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Transforming challenges into opportunities for change. New York: Guilford.

Wells, A. (2002). GAD, Metacognition, and Mindfulness: An Information Processing Analysis. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 9, 95-100.

Wells, A. (2002). Worry, metacognition and GAD: Nature, consequences and treatment. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 16, 179-192.

Wells, A. (1999) A metacognitive model and therapy for generalised anxiety disorder. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 6, 86-95.

Wells, A. (1999) A cognitive model of generalised anxiety disorder. Behaviour Modification, 23, 526-555.

Wells, A. & Matthews, G. (1996). Modelling cognition in emotional disorder: The S-REF model. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 34, 881-888.

Wells, A. & Matthews, G. (1996). Anxiety and Cognition. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 9, 422-426.

 

Studi di efficacia  della Terapia Metacognitiva

Wells, A., Welford, M., King, P., Papageorgiou, C., Wisely, J. & Mendel, E. (2010). A pilot randomized trial of metacognitive therapy vs applied relaxation in the treatment of adults with generalized anxiety disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48, 429-434.

Wells, A., Fisher, P. Myers, S., Wheatley, J., Patel, T. & Brewin, C.R. (2009). Metacognitive Therapy in Recurrent and Persistent Depression: A Multiple-Baseline Study of a New Treatment. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 33, 291-300.

Nordahl, H. M. (2009). Effectiveness of brief metacognitive therapy versus cognitive-behavioral therapy in a general outpatient setting. International Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 2, 152-159.

Wells, A., Welford, M., Fraser, J., King, P., Mendel, E., Wisely, J., Knight, A. & Rees, D. (2008). Chronic PTSD Treated with Metacognitive Therapy: An Open Trial. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 15, 85-92

Fisher, P.L. & Wells, A. (2008). Metacognitive Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A case series. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 39, 117-132

Wells, A. & King, P. (2006). Metacognitive Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: An open trial. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 37, 206-212.

Wells, A. & Sembi, S. (2004). Metacognitive Therapy for PTSD: A preliminary investigation of a new brief treatment. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 35, 307-318.

Wells, A. & Papageorgiou, C. (2001). Brief Cognitive Therapy for Social Phobia: A case series Behaviour Research and Therapy, 39, 713-720.

Papageorgiou, C. & Wells, A. (2000). Treatment of recurrent major depression with Attention Training. Cognitive and Behavioural Practice, 7, 407- 413.

Guthrie, E., Wells, A. et al. (1999). The Manchester bombing: Providing a rational response. Journal of Mental Health, 8, 149-157.

Papageorgiou, C. & Wells, A. (1998).Effects of attention training in hypochondriasis: An experimental case series. Psychological Medicine, 28, 193-200.

Wells, A., White, J. & Carter, K. (1997) Attention Training: Effects on anxiety and beliefs in panic and social phobia. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 4, 226-232.

Wells, A. (1990) Panic disorder in association with relaxation induced anxiety: An attention training approach to treatment. Behaviour Therapy, 21, 273-280.

 

Disturbo d’Ansia Generalizzata

Hjemdal, O., Hagen, R., Nordahl, H.M.,& Wells, A. (2013). Metacognitive therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Nature, Evidence and an individual case illustration. Cognitive Behavioural Practice, 20, 301–313

Ruggiero, G.M., Stapinski, L., Caselli, G., Fiore, F., Gallucci, M., Sassaroli, S., Rapee, R.M. (2012). Beliefs over control and meta-worry interact with the effect of intolerance of uncertainty on worry. Personality and Individual Differences, 53(3), 224-230.

Wells, A. & Carter, K.E.P. (2009) Maladaptive Thought Control Strategies in Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, and Nonpatient Groups and Relationships with Trait Anxiety. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 2, 224-234.

Wells, A. (1995) Meta-cognition and worry: A cognitive model of generalised anxiety disorder. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 23, 301-320.

Wells, A. (1999) A metacognitive model and therapy for generalised anxiety disorder. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 6, 86-95.

Wells, A. (1999) A cognitive model of generalised anxiety disorder. Behaviour Modification, 23, 526-555.

Wells, A. & Carter C (1999). Preliminary tests of a cognitive model of Generalised Anxiety Disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 37, 585-594.

Wells, A. & Carter, K. (2001). Further tests of a cognitive model of Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Metacognitions and worry in GAD, panic disorder, social phobia, depression, and non-patients. Behavior Therapy, 32, 85-102 .

Wells, A. (2002). GAD, Metacognition, and Mindfulness: An Information Processing Analysis. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 9, 95-100.

Wells, A. (2002). Worry, metacognition and GAD: Nature, consequences and treatment. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 16, 179-192.

Wells, A. (2005). The Metacognitive Model of GAD: Assessment of meta-worry and relationship with DSM-IV Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 29, 107-121.

Wells, A. & King, P. (2006). Metacognitive Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: An open trial. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 37, 206-212.

Nordahl, H.M., Ingul, J.M., Nordvik, H. & Wells, A. (2007). Does maternal psychopathology discriminate between children with DSM-IV generalized anxiety disorder or oppositional defiant disorder? The predictive validity of maternal axis I and axis II psychopathology. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 16, 87-95.

Wells, A. & Butler, G. (1996). Generalised anxiety disorder. In: D. M. Clark & C. Fairburn (eds.). Science and Practice of Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy. Oxford UK: Oxford University Press.

Wells, A. (2002). Brief cognitive therapy of generalised anxiety disorder. In: Windy Dryden and Frank Bond (eds.). Brief Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Wells, A. (2004). A Cognitive Model of GAD: Metacognitions and Pathological Worry. In: R.G Heimberg, C. Turk, D. Mennin (eds.). Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Advances in Research and Practice. New York: Guilford.

Wells, A. (2004). Metacognitive Therapy: Elements of mental control in understanding and treating GAD and PTSD. In: R.L. Leahy (Ed.). Contemporary Cognitive Therapy: Theory, Research, and Practice. New York: Guilford.

Wells, A. (2005). Worry, Intrusive Thoughts, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder: The Metacognitive Theory and Treatment. In: D.A. Clark (ed.). Intrusive thoughts in Clinical Disorders: Theory, Research and Treatment. New York: Guilford.

Wells, A. (2006) The Metacognitive Model of Worry and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In: G.C.L. Davey & A. Wells (Eds.). Worry and Psychological Disorders: Assessment and Treatment. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Wells, A. (2006). Metacognitive Therapy for Worry and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In: G.C.L. Davey & A. Wells (Eds.). Worry and Psychological Disorders: Assessment and Treatment. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Wells, A. & Carter, K. (2006). Generalised Anxiety Disorder. In: A. Carr & M. McNulty (Eds.). Handbook of Adult Clinical Psychology: An evidence based approach. London, UK: Routledge

 

Depressione e Ruminazione

Nikčević, A.V., Caselli, G., Green, D., Spada, M.M. (2014). Negative recurrent thinking a a moderator of the relatioship between perceived stress and depressive symptoms, Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 32, 248-256.

Wells, A., Fisher, P. Myers, S., Wheatley, J., Patel, T. & Brewin, C.R. (2009). Metacognitive Therapy in Recurrent and Persistent Depression: A Multiple-Baseline Study of a New Treatment. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 33, 291-300.

Papageorgiou, C. & Wells, A. (2009). A prospective test of the clinical metacognitive model of rumination and depression. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 2, 123-131.

Papageorgiou, C. & Wells, A. (1999). Process and metacognitive dimensions of depressive and anxious thoughts and relationships with emotional intensity. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 2, 156-162.

Sidley, G. L., Calam, R., Wells, A., Hughes, T. & Whitaker, K. (1999). The prediction of parasuicide repetition in a high risk group. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 38, 375-386.

Papageorgiou, C. & Wells, A. (2000). Treatment of recurrent major depression with Attention Training. Cognitive and Behavioural Practice, 7, 407- 413.

Papageorgiou, C. & Wells, A. (2001). Positive beliefs about depressive rumination: Development and preliminary validation of a self-report scale. Behavior Therapy, 32, 13-26.

Papageorgiou, C. & Wells, A. (2001). Metacognitive beliefs about rumination in recurrent major depression. Cognitive and Behavioral Practise, 8, 160-164.

Papageorgiou, C. & Wells, A. (2003). An empirical test of a clinical metacognitive model of rumination and depression. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 27, 261-273.

Patel, T., Brewin, C.R., Wheatley, J., Wells, A., Fisher, P. & Myers, S. (2007) Intrusive images and memories in major depression. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 2573-2580.

Wheatley, J., Brewin, C.R., Patel, T., Hackmann, A., Wells, A., Fisher, P. & Myers, S. (2007). “I’ll believe it when I can see it”: Imagery rescripting of intrusive sensory memories in depression. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 38, 371-385.

Matthews, G. & Wells, A. (2004). Rumination, depression and metacognition: The S-REF model. In: C. Papageorgiou & A. Wells (Eds.). Depressive Rumination: Nature, Theory and Treatment. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Papageorgiou, C. & Wells, A. (2004). Nature, Functions, and Beliefs about Depressive Rumination. In: C. Papageorgiou & A. Wells (Eds.). Depressive Rumination: Nature, Theory and Treatment. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Wells, A. & Papageorgiou, C. (2004). Metacognitive Therapy for Depressive Rumination. In: C. Papageorgiou & A.Wells (Eds.). Depressive Rumination: Nature, Theory and Treatment. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Bjerkeseth, O., Nordahl, H. M., Holmen, J., Mykletun, A., & Dahl, A. A. (2005). Anxiety and depression following myocardial infarction: Gender differences in a 5-year prospective study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 58, 153-161.

Bjerkeset, O., Nordahl, H.M., Larsson, S., Dahl, A.A., & Linaker, O. (2007). A 4-year follow-up of syndromal and sub-syndromal anxiety and depression symptoms in the general population: The HUNT study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, DOI 10.1007/00127-007-0289-6

Oliver, J. M., Klocek, J. & Wells, A. (1995). Depressed and anxious moods mediate relations among perceived socialization, self-focused attention, and dysfunction attitudes. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 51, 726-739.

Sidley, G., Whitaker, K., Calam, R. & Wells, A. (1997) The relationship between problem-solving and autobiographical memory in parasuicide patients. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 25, 195-202.

 

Trauma e Stress Post-traumatico

Bennett, H. & Wells, A. (2010). Metacognition, memory disorganization and rumination in posttraumatic stress symptoms. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24, 318-325.

Wells, A., Welford, M., Fraser, J., King, P., Mendel, E., Wisely, J., Knight, A. & Rees, D. (2008). Chronic PTSD Treated with Metacognitive Therapy: An Open Trial. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 15, 85-92.

Roussis, P. & Wells, A. (2008). Psychological factors predicting stress symptoms: Metacognition, thought control and varieties of worry. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 21, 213-225.

Roussis, P. & Wells, A. (2006). Post-traumatic stress symptoms: tests of relationships with thought control strategies and beliefs as predicted by the metacognitive model. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 111-122

Wells, A. & Sembi, S. (2004). Metacognitive Therapy for PTSD: A Core Treatment Manual. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 11, 365-377.

Wells, A. & Sembi, S. (2004). Metacognitive Therapy for PTSD: A preliminary investigation of a new brief treatment. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 35, 307-318.

Holeva, V., Tarrier, N. & Wells, A. (2001). Prevalence and predictors of acute PTSD following road traffic accidents: Thought control strategies and social support. Behavior Therapy, 32, 65-83.

Guthrie, E., Wells, A. et al. (1999). The Manchester bombing: Providing a rational response. Journal of Mental Health, 8, 149-157.

Reynolds, M. & Wells, A. (1999). The Thought Control Questionnaire – psychometric properties in a clinical sample, and relationships with PTSD and depression. Psychological Medicine, 29, 1089-1099.

 

Pensieri intrusivi e sintomi Ossessivo-Compulsivi

Sassaroli, S., Centorame, F., Caselli, G., Favaretto, E., Fiore, F., Gallucci, M., Sarracino, D., Ruggiero, G.M., Spada M.M., Rapee, R.M. (2015). Anxiety control and metacognitive beliefs mediate the relatioship between inflated responsibility and obsessive compulsive symptoms. Psychiatry Research, 30(3), 560-564.

Solem, S., Myers, S., Fisher, P.L., Vogel, P.A. & Wells, A. (2010). An empirical test of the metacognitive model of obsessive-compulsive symptoms: Replication and extension. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24, 79-86.

Solem, S., Håland, A.T., Vogel, P.A., Hansen, B. & Wells, A. (2009). Change in metacognitions predicts outcome in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients undergoing treatment with exposure and response prevention. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 301-307

Fisher, P.L. (2009). Obsessive compulsive disorder: A comparison of CBT and the Metacognitive approach. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 2, 107-122.

Myers, S.G., Fisher, P.L. & Wells, A. (2009). Metacognition and cognition as predictors of obsessive-compulsive symptoms: A prospective study. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 2, 132-142.

Yilmaz, A.E., Tulin, G. & Wells, A. (2008). Psychometric characteristics of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire and Metacognitions Questionnaire-30 and metacognitive predictors of worry and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a Turkish sample. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 15, 424-439.

Fisher, P.L. & Wells, A. (2005). Experimental modification of beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a test of the metacognitive model.Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 821-829.

Fisher, P.L. & Wells, A. (2005). How effective are cognitive and behavioural treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder? A clinical significance analysis. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 1543-1558.

Myers, S. & Wells, A. (2005). Obsessive-compulsive symptoms: the contribution of metacognitions and responsibility. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 19, 806-817.

Gwilliam, P., Wells, A. & Cartwright-Hatton, S. (2004). Does meta-cognition or responsibility predict obsessive-compulsive symptoms: A test of the meta-cognitive model.Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 11, 137-144.

Wells, A. & Papageorgiou, C. (1998). Relationships between worry, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and meta-cognitive beliefs. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 39, 899-913.

Butler, G., Wells, A. & Dewick, H. (1995) Differential effects of worry and imagery after exposure to a stressful stimulus: A pilot study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 23, 45-56.

Wells, A. (1995) An Issue of Intrusions. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 23, 201.

Wells, A. & Papageorgiou, C. (1995) Worry and the incubation of intrusive images following stress. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 33, 579-583.

Wells, A. & Morrison, A. (1994) Qualitative dimensions of normal worry and normal obsessions: A comparative study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 32, 867-870.

 

Dipendenze patologiche

Spada, M.M., Caselli, G. (in press). The Metacognitions about Online Gaming Scale: Development and Psychometric properties. Addictive Behaviours, published on-line 20 July 2015.

Spada, M.M., Giustina, L., Rolandi, S., Fernie, B.A. and Caselli, G. (2015). Profiling Metacognition in Gambling Disorder. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 43(5), 614-622.

Caselli, G., Manfredi, C., Ferraris, A., Vinciullo, F., Spada, M.M. (2015). Desire thinking as a mediator of the relationship between novelty seeking and craving. Addictive Behaviours Reports, 1, 2-6.

Caselli, G., Canfora, F., Ruggiero, G.M., Sassaroli, S., Albery, I.P. and Spada, M.M. (2015). Desire thinking mediates the relationship between emotional intolerance and problem drinking. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 13, 185-193.

Nikčević, A.V., Caselli, G., Wells, A., Spada, M.M. (2015). The Metacognition about Smoking Questionnaire: Development and psychometric properties. Addictive Behaviours, 44, 102-107.

Spada, M.M., Caselli, G., Nikčević, A.V., Wells, A. (2015). Metacognition in Addictive Behaviours: an overview. Addictive Behaviours, 44, 9-15

Caselli, G. and Spada, M.M. (2015). Desire Thinking: what is it and what drives it? Addictive Behaviours, 44, 71-79.

Fernie, B.A., Caselli, G., Giustina, L., Donato, G., Marcotriggiani, A., Spada M.M. (2014). Desire Thinking as a Predictor of Gambling. Addictive Behaviours, 39(4), 793-796

Spada, M.M., Caselli, G., Slaifer, M., Nikcevic, A.V., Sassaroli, S. (2014) Desire Thinking as a Predictor of Problematic Internet Use. Social Science Computer Review, 32(4), 474-483

Caselli, G. & Spada, M.M. (2013). The Metacognitions about Desire Thinking Questionnaire: Development and Psychometric Properties. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 69(12), 1284-1298.

Spada, M. M., Caselli, G. & Wells, A. (2013). A triphasic metacognitive formulation of problem drinking. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 20(6), 494-500.

Clark, A., Tran, C., Weiss, A., Caselli, G., Nikcevic, A.V. & Spada, M.M. (2012). -Personality and Metacognitions as Predictors of Weekly Levels of Alcohol Use in Binge -Drinking University Students. Addictive Behaviors, 37(4), 537-540.

Caselli, G. & Spada M.M. (2010). Metacognitions about Desire Thinking: A Preliminary Investigation. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 38, 629-637.Spada, M.M. & Wells, A. (2010). Metacognitions across the continuum of drinking behaviour. Personality and Individual Differences, 49, 425-429.

Spada, M. M., Caselli, G. & Wells, A. (2009). Metacognitions as a predictor of drinking status and level of alcohol use following CBT in problem drinkers: a prospective study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 882-886 .

Spada, M. M. & Wells, A. (2009). A metacognitive model of problem drinking. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 16, 383-393.

Spada, M.M. & Wells, A. (2005). Metacognitions, Emotion and Alcohol Use. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 12, 150-155.

Spada, M. & Wells, A. (2006). Metacognitions about alcohol use in problem drinkers. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 13, 138-143.

Spada, M.M., Moneta, G.B. & Wells, A. (2007). The relative contribution of metacognitive beliefs and expectancies to drinking behaviour. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 42, 567-574.

Spada, M.M., Nikčevič, A.V., Moneta, G.B. & Wells, A. (2007). Metacognitive as a mediator of the relationship between emotion and smoking dependence. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 2120-2129.

Spada, M.M., Zandvoort, M. & Wells, A. (2007). Metacognitions in Problem Drinkers. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 31, 709-716.

Spada, M.M., Nikčevič, A.V., Moneta, G.B. & Wells, A. (2008). Metacognition, perceived stress, and negative emotion. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 1172-1181.

Spada, M.M. & Wells, A. (2008). Metacognitive beliefs about alcohol use: development and validation of two self-report scales. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 515-527.

 

Sintomi Psicotici

Wells, A. (2007). The Attention Training Technique: Theory, effects and a metacognitive hypothesis on auditory hallucinations. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 14, 134-138

Morrison, A.P., French, P. & Wells, A. (2007). Metacognitive beliefs across the continuum of psychosis: Comparisons between patients with psychotic disorders, patients at ultra-high risk and non-patients. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 2241-2246.

Morrison, A.P. & Wells, A. (2007). Relationships between worry, psychotic experiences and emotional distress in patients with schizophrenia spectrum diagnoses and comparisons with anxious and non-patient groups. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1593-1600.

Fraser, J., Morrison, A. & Wells, A. (2006). Cognitive Processes, Reasoning Biases and Persecutory Delusions: A Comparative Study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 34, 421-435.

Morrison, A.P., Nothard, S., Bowe, S.E. & Wells, A. (2004). Interpretations of voices in patients with hallucinations and non-patient controls: a comparison and predictors of distress in patients. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42, 1315-1323

Morrison, A.P. & Wells, A. (2003). A comparison of metacognitions in patients with hallucinations, delusions, panic disorder, and non-patient controls. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41, 251-256.

Lobban, F., Haddock, G., Kinderman, P. & Wells, A. (2002). The role of metacognitive beliefs in auditory hallucinations. Personality and Individual Differences, 32, 1351-1363.

Morrison, A.P., Wells, A. & Nothard, S. (2002). Cognitive and emotional predictors of predisposition to hallucinations in non-patients. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 41, 259-270.

Morrison, A. & Wells, A. (2000). Thought control strategies in schizophrenia: a comparison with non-patients. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 38, 1205-1209.

Morrison, A. P., Wells, A. & Nothard, S. (2000). Cognitive factors in predisposition to auditory and visual hallucinations. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 39, 67-78.

 

Fobia Sociale

Ingul, JM, Kløckner, CA, Silverman, W, & Nordahl, H.M. (2011). School absenteeism: An exploration of social and individual risk factors. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 17, 93-100.

Ingul, J.M., & Nordahl, H.M. (2013). Anxiety as a risk factor for school absenteeism: What differentiates anxious school attenders from non-attenders? Annals of General Psychiatry, 12, 1-9

Ingul, J.M., Aunet, T.,& Nordahl, H.M. (2013). A Randomized Controlled Trial of Individual Cognitive Therapy, Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and Attentional Placebo for Adolescent Social Phobia. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 83(1), 54-61

Wells, A., Clark, D. M., Salkovskis, P., Ludgate, J. Hackmann, A. & Gelder, M. (1995) Social Phobia: The role of in-situation safety behaviors in maintaining anxiety and negative beliefs. Behavior Therapy, 26, 152-161.

Clark, D. M. & Wells, A. (1995) A cognitive model of social phobia. In: R.G. Heimberg, M. R. Liebowitz, D. A. Hope & R. R. Schneier (eds.): Social Phobia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment. New York: Guilford Press.

Wells, A., Clark, D. M. & Ahmad, S. (1998). How do I look with my minds eye?: Perspective taking in social phobic imagery. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 36, 631-634 .

Wells, A. & Papageorgiou, C. (1998). Social phobia: Effects of external attention focus on anxiety, negative beliefs and perspective taking. Behavior Therapy. 29, 357-370.

Nutt, D., Baldwin, D., Beaumont, G., Bell, C., Denny, C., Knapp, M., Maxwell, R., McNicholas, F. & Wells, A. (1999). Guidelines for the management of social phobia/social anxiety disorder. Primary Care Psychiatry, 5, 147-155.

Wells, A. & Papageorgiou, C. (1999). The observer perspective: biased imagery in social phobia, agoraphobia, and blood/injury phobia. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 37, 653-658.

Wells, A. & Papageorgiou, C. (2001). Social phobic interoception: Effects of bodily information on anxiety, beliefs and self-processing. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 39, 1-11.

Wells, A. & Papageorgiou, C. (2001). Brief Cognitive Therapy for Social Phobia: A case series Behaviour Research and Therapy, 39, 713-720.

Wells, A. (2001). The maintenance and treatment of social phobia: A Cognitive Approach. Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association, 38, 717-724.

Papageorgiou, C. & Wells, A. (2002). Effects of heart rate information on anxiety, perspective-taking and performance in high and low social-evaluative anxiety. Behavior Therapy, 33, 181-199.

Wells, A. & McMillan, D. (2004). Psychological Treatment of Social Phobia. Psychiatry, 3, 56-60.

Wells, A. (2007). Cognition about Cognition: Metacognitive Therapy and Change in Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Phobia. Cognitive and Behavioural Practice, 14, 18-25.

Wells, A. & Clark, D. M. (1997) Social Phobia: A cognitive approach. In: G. C. L. Davey (ed.). Phobias: A Handbook of Theory, Research and Treatment. Chichester UK: Wiley.

Wells, A. (1998). Cognitive therapy of social phobia. In: N. Tarrier, A. Wells, & G. Haddock (eds.). Cognitive-behaviour therapy of complex cases. Chichester UK: Wiley.

 

Disturbi organici, ansia per la salute, panico

Spada, M. M., Gay, H., Nikčevic, A. V., Fernie, B. A., & Caselli, G. (in press). Meta‐cognitive beliefs about worry and pain catastrophising as mediators between neuroticism and pain behaviour. Clinical Psychologist

Wells, A. & Fisher, P.L. (2011). Meta-cognitive therapy without metacognition: A case of ADHD. American Journal of Psychiatry, 168, 327

Maher-Edwards, L., Fernie, B.A., Murphy, G., Wells, A. & Spada, M.M. (2011). Metacognitions and negative emotions as predictors of symptom severity in chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 70, 311-317.

Allott, R., Wells, A., Morrison, A.P. and Walker, R. (2005). Distress in Parkinson’s disease: contributions of disease factors and metacognitive style. British Journal of Psychiatry, 187, 182-183.

James, A. & Wells A (2003). Religion and mental health: Towards a cognitive-behavioural framework. British Journal of Health Psychology, 8, 359-376.

James, A. & Wells, A. (2002). Death beliefs, superstitious beliefs, and health anxiety. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 41, 43-53.

Wells, A. & Hackmann, A. (1993). Imagery and core beliefs in health anxiety: Content and origins. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 21, 265-273

Wells, A. (1990) Panic disorder in association with relaxation induced anxiety: An attention training approach to treatment. Behaviour Therapy, 21, 273-280.

Wells, A., White, J. & Carter, K. (1997) Attention Training: Effects on anxiety and beliefs in panic and social phobia. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 4, 226-232.

 

Disturbi Alimentari

Spada, M.M., Caselli, G., Fernie, B.A., Nikcevic, A. V., Ruggiero, G.M., Boccaletti, F., Dallari, G. and Sassaroli, S. (in press). Metacognitions about desire thinking predict the severity of binge eating. Eating and Weight Disorders.

Spada, M.M., Caselli, G., Fernie, B.A., Manfredi, C., Boccaletti, F., Dallari, G., Gandini, F., Pinna, E., Ruggiero, G.M., Sassaroli, S. (2015). Desire thinking: A risk factor for binge drinking? Eating Behaviors. 18, 48-53.

Bjørnelv, S, Nordahl, H. M., & Lingaas Holmen, T. (2010). Psychological factors and weight problems in adolescents. The Young-HUNT study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 45, 353-362.

Cooper, M., Todd, G. & Wells, A. (2009). Treating bulimia nervosa and binge eating: An integrated metacognitive and cognitive therapy manual. London, UK: Routledge.

Cooper, M., Todd, G. & Wells, A. (2007). Cognitive Therapy for Bulimia Nervisa: An A-B Replication Series. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 14, 402-411.

Cooper, M.J., Todd, G., Woolrich, R., Somerville, K. & Wells, A. (2006). Assessing Eating Disorder thoughts and Behaviors: The Development and Preliminary Evaluation of Two Questionnaires. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 30, 551-570.

Cooper, M.J., Wells, A. & Todd, G. (2004). A cognitive model of bulimia nervosa. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 43, 1-16.

Loumidis, K. & Wells, A. (2001). Exercising for the wrong reasons: Relationships among eating disorder beliefs, dysfunctional exercise beliefs and coping. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 8, 416-423.

Cooper, M., Todd, G. & Wells, A. (2000). Bulimia Nervosa: A self-help cognitive therapy programme. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Cooper, M., Todd, G., Cohen-Tovee, E., Wells, A. & Tovee, M. (1997). The eating disorder belief questionnaire: Preliminary development. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 35, 381-388.

Cooper, M. J., Wells, A. & Todd, G. (1998) Content, origins and consequences of beliefs in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 12, 213-230.

Loumidis, K. & Wells, A. (1998). Assessment of beliefs in exercise dependence: The development and preliminary validation of beliefs questionnaire. Personality and Individual Differences, 25, 553-567.

 

Metacognizioni, rimuginio, controllo del pensiero

Martino, F., Caselli, G., Berardi, D., Fiore, F., Marino, E., Menchetti, M., Prunetti, E., Ruggiero, G.M., Sasdelli, A., Selby, E.A., Sassaroli, S. (2015). Anger Rumination and aggressive behaviour in Borderline Personality Disorder. Personality and Mental Health, 9(4), 277-287.

Wells, A. (1994) A multi-dimensional measure of worry: Development and preliminary validation of the Anxious Thoughts Inventory. Anxiety Stress and Coping, 6, 289-299.

Ottaviani, C., Borlimi, R., Brighetti, G., Caselli, G., Favaretto, E., Giardini, I., Marzocchi, C., Nucifora, V., Ruggiero, G.M., Rebecchi, D., Sassaroli, S. (2014). Worry as an adaptive avoidance strategy in healthy controls but not in pathological worriers. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 93(3), 349-355.

Wells, A. & Davies, M. (1994) The Thought Control Questionnaire: A measure of individual differences in the control of unwanted thought. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 32, 871-878.

Wells, A. & Matthews, G. (1996). Modelling cognition in emotional disorder: The S-REF model. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 34, 881-888.

Wells, A. & Matthews, G. (1996). Anxiety and Cognition. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 9, 422-426.

Cartwright-Hatton, S. & Wells, A. (1997). Beliefs about worry and intrusions: The Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire and its correlates. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 11, 279-296.

Papageorgiou, C. & Wells, A. (1998). Effects of attention training in hypochondriasis: An experimental case series. Psychological Medicine, 28, 193-200.

Wells, A. & Purdon, C. (1999). Meta-cognition and cognitive behaviour therapy: A special issue. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 2, 71-72.

Gaskell, S., Wells, A. & Calam, R. (2001). An experimental investigation of thought suppression and anxiety in children. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 40, 45-56.

Cartwright-Hatton, S., Mather, A., Illingworth, V., Brocki, J., Harrington, R. & Wells, A. (2004). Development and preliminary validation of the Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire – Adolescent Version. Anxiety Disorders, 18, 411-422.

Wells, A. & Cartwright-Hatton, S. (2004). A short form of the metacognitions questionnaire: properties of the MCQ 30. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42, 385-396.

Wells, A. (2005). Detached Mindfulness in Cognitive Therapy: A metacognitive analysis and ten techniques. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive –Behavior Therapy, 23, 337-355.

Wells, A. (2007). The Attention Training Technique: Theory, effects and a metacognitive hypothesis on auditory hallucinations. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 14, 134-138.

Wells, A. & Matthews, G. (1994) Attention and Emotion: A clinical perspective. Hove UK: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Wells, A.(2000). Emotional Disorders and Metacognition: Innovative Cognitive Therapy. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Cooper, M., Todd, G. & Wells, A. (In press). Cognitive Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa: A Clinician’s Guide. London, UK: Routledge.

Wells, A. (2008). Metacognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Depression. New York: Guilford Press.

Papageorgiou, C. & Wells, A. (2004). Depressive Rumination: Nature, Theory, and Treatment. Chichester, UK: Wiley

Davey, G.C.L. & Wells, A. (2006). Worry & Psychological Disorders: Assessment & Treatment. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Wells, A. (1994) Attention and the control of worry. In: G. C. L. Davey & F. Tallis (eds.): Worrying: Perspectives on theory, assessment and treatment. Chichester UK: Wiley. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Wells, A. (2003). Anxiety disorders, metacognition and change. In: R.L. Leahy (ed.). Roadblocks in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Transforming challenges into opportunities for change. New York: Guilford.

Wells, A. (2006). The Anxious Thoughts Inventory and Related Measures of Metacognition and Worry. In: G.C.L. Davey & A. Wells (Eds.). Worry and Psychological Disorders: Assessment and Treatment. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Wells, A. (1999). Trattamento cognitivo dei disturbi d’ansia (Edizione italiana a cura di, Claudio Sica). Milano, Italia: McGraw-Hill.

Wells, A. & Matthews, G. (2002). Attention and Emotion: A Clinical Perspective. Japanese translation: Tokyo: Befunken.

Wells, A. (2003). Disturbi emozionali e metacognizione: Nuove strategie di psicoterapia cognitiva. Italy: Erickson.

Wells, A. (2003). Cognitieve therapie bij angststoornissen: Een praktische handleiding. Nederlandstalige: Hbuitgevers.

 

Self-Attention and Self-Regulation

Fernie, B.A., McKenzie, A.M., Nikcevic, A.V., Caselli, G., Spada, M.M. (2016). The Contribution of Metacognitions and Attentional Control to Decisional Procrastination. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 34(1), 1-13.

Spada, M. M., Georgiou, G. & Wells, A. (2010). The relationship among metacognitions, attentional control and state anxiety. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 39, 64-71.

Yilmaz, A.E., Gencoz, T. & Wells, A. (2010). The temporal precedence of metacognition in the development of anxiety and depression symptoms in the context of life stress: A prospective study. Journal of Anxiety Disorders,

Wells, A. & Matthews G. (1994). Attention and Emotion: A Clinical Perspective. Hove, UK:Erlbaum.

Wells, A. (1985) Relationships between private self-consciousness and anxiety scores in threatening situations. Psychological Reports, 57, 1063-1066.

Matthews, G. & Wells, A. (1988) Relationships between anxiety, self-consciousness and cognitive failures. Cognition and Emotion, 2, 123-132.

Wells, A. (1990) Effects of dispositional self-focus, appraisal, and attention instructions on responses to a threatening stimulus. Anxiety Research, 3, 291-301.

Wells, A. & Matthews, G. (1994) Self-consciousness and cognitive failures as predictors of coping in stressful episodes. Cognition and Emotion, 8, 279-295.

Matthews, G. & Wells, A. (1996) Attentional Processes, Dysfunctional Coping, and Clinical Intervention. In: M. Zeidner & N. Endler (eds.): Handbook of Coping: Theory, Research, Applications. New York: Wiley.

Matthews, G. & Wells, A. (1999). The cognitive science of emotion and attention. In: M. Power & T. Dalgleish (eds.). Handbook of Cognition and Emotion. Hove UK: Erlbaum.

Matthews, G. & Wells, A. (2000). Attention, automaticity, and affective disorder. Behaviour Modification, 24, 69-93.

James, A. & Wells, A. (2003) Religion and mental health: Towards a cognitive-behavioural framework. British Journal of Health Psychology, 8, 359-376.