Metacognition, Cognitive Flexibility and Well Being in The Pandemic Times Among Young Adults (With and Without Mental Health Disorders)

As a significant infection flare-up in the 21st century, the Corona virus illness 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has prompted phenomenal perils to psychological wellness all around the world. While mental help is being given to patients and medical care laborers, the overall population’s psychological wellness requires critical consideration too. Aim: The current research aims to study metacognition, cognitive flexibility and well-being in the pandemic times among young adults (with and without mental health disorders). Objectives: To study the significant difference, correlation between the variables metacognition, cognitive flexibility and well-being. The aim was also to study metacognitions and cognitive flexibility as the predictors of well-being. Sample: Young adults with any mental health disorder (N=50) and individuals without any mental health disorder (N=50). Scales used The Metacognition Self-Assessment Scale (MSAS), Cognitive Flexibility Scale and The World Health Organization- Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5). Results: T test, Correlation and Regression analysis was used to measure the scores. Future Implications: Being aware of the importance of mental health encourages medical care suppliers to pay more consideration toward an individual’s psychological well-being, particularly for if there should be an occurrence of having low social help, and lower pay for the family. Further examination ought to inspect the definite data of youngster’s illness and handicap, clinical help use, and quality and amount of social help in cross country to fix the framework for supporting administrations of the two kids with disabilities and their CGs.