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: Maladaptive strategies like thought suppression or avoidance.

This article shifted the focus of clinical psychology from "What is the patient thinking?" to "Why is the patient thinking this way?" It explains why some people can experience a negative thought and let it go, while others spiral into anxiety or depression because their metacognitive beliefs force them to engage with the thought. Metacognitions, metacognitive processes and met...

: Repetitive thinking about problems or feelings. Metacognitions, metacognitive processes and met...

: Beliefs that thoughts are uncontrollable or dangerous (e.g., "My thoughts will drive me crazy"). Metacognitions, metacognitive processes and met...

The article you are likely looking for is titled by Adrian Wells and Gerald Matthews . It was published in the Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy journal in 1994.