Page No, 203-213
Harshavardhne Balasubramanian and Thamilselvan Palanichamy
PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore
In spite of early history of metacognition and metaemotion and increase research interest
among the concepts, there is still lack of unified definition for metacognition and
metaemotion. The current study aims to delineate the concepts of metacognition and
metaemotion along with the interrelationship between both the concepts and its role in
development of various psychological disorders with special focus toward depressive
disorder and anxiety disorders. To achieve this, the PRISMA model was utilized to
review previous research papers. Following the final screening process, 40 articles
were selected and thoroughly analyzed. As a result from the extended review of previous
researches it is been found that when compared to metacognition there is only few
research studies on metaemotion. It is been clearly evident that metacognition and
metaemotion play a crucial role in regulation of anxiety and depression. And the study
concludes that there is a high need to develop an integrated metacognition and
metaemotion strategy in regulation of anxiety and depression.