An Investigation of Metacognitive Bias in Permanent Employees: The Cognitive-Emotion Nexus.

The current study aimed at investigating the relationship between elements of cognitive processing, emotional strategies of coping, and to show cognitive dysregulation in permanent employees. More specifically, the current research examined the mediating role of metacognitive components in developing negative beliefs about thoughts, further exploring moderation across gender. The sample (N=514) was purposively selected from various local organizations in Pakistan. The data was analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software (version 22). The results indicated significant gender differences in worry and emotion oriented coping. Findings through structural equation modelling revealed that mediated relationship between positive beliefs, emotional coping and negative beliefs was significantly moderated by gender. Conversely, negative beliefs about the harmfulness of thoughts were found to be affecting the females less, suggesting males to hold higher risks of dysregulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]