Abstract

GUTIERREZ DE BLUME, Antonio P.; MONTOYA-LONDONO, Diana Marcela; LANDINEZ-MARTINEZ, Daniel  and  TORO-ZULUAGA, Natalia Andrea. Social variables and metacognitive awareness of Colombian young adults. Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv [online]. 2022, vol.20, n.3, pp.700-731.  Epub Feb 20, 2023. ISSN 1692-715X.  https://doi.org/10.11600/rlcsnj.20.3.5379.

Metacognition is defined as a higher-order reflective process that allows individuals to monitor, control, and self-regulate their behavior. However, metacognition has rarely been studied with variables beyond the educational context such as social, behavioral and clinical variables. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between social variables and subjective metacognitive aware-ness and whether these same social variables can predict components of metacognitive awareness (knowledge and regulation of cognition). Working with a sample of university students (N = 246), the results of this study identified that there were not only significant correlations between some social variables and both components of metacognitive awareness, but that those same social variables could predict metacognitive awareness. Implications for these outcomes in educational and clinical contexts are discussed.

Keywords : Adult learning; clinical diagnosis; metacognition; personality; self-assessment.

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