Metacognition and Motivation in Schizophrenia

Metacognition is the capability to construct complex aspecs about the self, the world, and about others (Luther, Bonfils, Fisher, Johnson-Kwochka, and Salyers, 2019). It was investigated if metacognition was a moderating variable between self-reported and clinically-reported motivation in disorders of the schizophrenia spectrum. Furthermore, clinical insight and neurocognition were also assessed. As hypothesized, metacognition was found to be a moderator among both self-rated as well as clinically-rated motivation (Luther et al., 2019). When metacognitive abilities were low, no such relationship was found.