Metacognitive interventions for mental health disorders in adolescents: a scoping review protocol

The aim of this review is to map and summarize metacognitive interventions for adolescents with mental health disorders.

Metacognitive interventions are widely implemented in adults across various types of mental health disorders. Use in adolescents (aged between 10 and 19 years) has already been proposed in the recent literature, despite this knowledge being scattered. Hence, it is necessary to summarize the types of metacognitive interventions, their key characteristics, the mental health disorders they are targeting, and their outcomes.

This review will consider quantitative and qualitative, as well as mixed methods studies describing metacognitive interventions for adolescents with mental health disorders. All intervention settings will be eligible for inclusion.

A 3-step search strategy will be adopted, in line with the JBI methodology for scoping reviews. We will search for peer-reviewed papers on CINAHL Complete (EBSCOhost), PubMed, Web of Science Core Collection, PsycINFO, and Scopus, among others. Gray literature identified by searches on OpenGrey and MedNar will also be included. The reference lists of all selected full-text reviews will be searched. There will be no limitations on the year or language of publication. Screening, selection, and data extraction will be performed by 2 independent reviewers, who will screen titles and abstracts of publications meeting the inclusion criteria as well as review the full text of eligible studies. Disagreements will be resolved through plenary discussion or with the help of an additional reviewer. The extracted data will be summarized narratively and presented in a table.

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