What is metacognitive reflection? The moderating role of metacognition on emotional regulation and reflection

Frontiers in Education

Education

Jerusalem Merkebu¹  TInglan Ma¹  Steven J. Durning¹  Anastasia Kitsantas² 

[1] Center for Health Professions Education, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States;College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States;

关键词: reflection;    metacognition;    emotional regulation;    metacognitive reflection;    cognitive reappraisal;   

DOI  :  10.3389/feduc.2023.1166195

 received in 2023-02-14, accepted in 2023-03-16,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionThis paper explores the trilateral relationship among metacognition, emotional regulation, and reflection under the integrative framework of metacognitive reflection.MethodsData were gathered from undergraduate participants at a large state university on the East Coast (N = 493). The quantitative data were derived from: the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI), the Self-Reflection and Insight Scale (SR-IS), and the Cognitive Reappraisal Scale (ERQ). Data analysis consisted of structural equation modeling (SEM) in which the associations between latent constructs were tested. Emotional regulation and metacognition were found to be positively and significantly related to the latent construct of reflection.ResultsSEM results indicated that emotional regulation (which emerged as the strongest predictor) together with metacognition predicted 52% of the variance in reflection. Moreover, the latent moderation model showed that metacognition significantly moderated the relationship between emotional regulation and reflection such that emotional regulation was a strong and positive predictor of reflection when students simultaneously showed high levels of metacognition. In contrast, emotional regulation did not significantly predict reflection for students with low levels of metacognition. The alternative model showed that emotional regulation also moderated the relationship between metacognition and reflection such that metacognition contributed to reflection the most when participants simultaneously showed high levels of emotional regulation.DiscussionThese findings suggest the interaction between metacognition and emotional regulation is critical in the gamut of reflection.

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