Effects of meta-emotions on worry in coronary heart disease patients and normal individuals

Abstract

The study aimed to elucidate the effects of positive meta-emotions and negative meta-emotions on worry in CHD 
patients with hypertension, CHD patients without hypertension and control individuals. Two hundred respondents 
(28 to 78 years old) (clinically diagnosed 50 patients with hypertension and 50 patients without hypertension, and 
100 individuals without CHD here referred as ‘Control’] were purposively sampled from three hospitals of 
Varanasi city of Uttar Pradesh, were individually administered the Hindi version of Meta-emotions Scale (MES-H) 
and Penn State Worry Questionnaire. Results revealed significant main effects of groups and levels of meta
emotions on worry. CHD with hypertension group on positive and negative meta-emotion displayed significantly 
higher levels of worry in comparison to control, however, CHD with hypertension group did not differ significantly 
from CHD without hypertension groups. High as compared to low scorer participant on negative meta-emotions 
facet of meta-emotions displayed significantly enhanced worry.