TY - JOUR
T1 - How do confidence and self-beliefs relate in psychopathology
T2 - a transdiagnostic approach
AU - Hoven, M.
AU - Luigjes, J.
AU - Denys, D.A.J.P.
AU - Rouault, Marion
AU - van Holst, R.J.
PY - 2023/5/4
Y1 - 2023/5/4
N2 - Confidence is suggested to be a key component in psychiatry and manifests at various hierarchical levels, from confidence in a decision (local confidence), to confidence about performance (global confidence), to higher-order traits such as self-beliefs. Most research focuses on local confidence, but global levels may relate more closely to symptoms. Here, using a transdiagnostic framework, we tested the relationships between self-reported psychopathology, local and global confidence, and higher-order self-beliefs in a general population sample (N = 489). We show contrasting relationships between confidence and psychopathology dimensions. An anxious-depression dimension related to local and global underconfidence. By contrast, a compulsive-intrusive-thoughts dimension related to increased overconfidence at both levels, and showed a decoupling between (1) higher-order self-beliefs and (2) local and global task confidence. The strongest predictor of mental health was a self-beliefs dimension. This study examines higher-order confidence in relation to psychiatric symptoms fluctuating in the general population. Critically, psychopathological symptoms show distinct associations with confidence.
AB - Confidence is suggested to be a key component in psychiatry and manifests at various hierarchical levels, from confidence in a decision (local confidence), to confidence about performance (global confidence), to higher-order traits such as self-beliefs. Most research focuses on local confidence, but global levels may relate more closely to symptoms. Here, using a transdiagnostic framework, we tested the relationships between self-reported psychopathology, local and global confidence, and higher-order self-beliefs in a general population sample (N = 489). We show contrasting relationships between confidence and psychopathology dimensions. An anxious-depression dimension related to local and global underconfidence. By contrast, a compulsive-intrusive-thoughts dimension related to increased overconfidence at both levels, and showed a decoupling between (1) higher-order self-beliefs and (2) local and global task confidence. The strongest predictor of mental health was a self-beliefs dimension. This study examines higher-order confidence in relation to psychiatric symptoms fluctuating in the general population. Critically, psychopathological symptoms show distinct associations with confidence.
M3 - Article
VL - 1
SP - 337
EP - 345
JO - Nature Mental Health
JF - Nature Mental Health
ER -