APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Metacognitive Skills Moderate the Relationship between Attitude Strength and Truthfulness Judgments of Attitude-Congruent Vs. Incongruent Social Media Posts
- Girts Dimdins
University of Latvia - Martins Priedols
University of Latvia - Ivars Austers
University of Latvia - Rihards Olups
University of Latvia - Zanda Rubene
University of Latvia - Klavs Evelis
University of Latvia
Abstract
Two studies (combined N = 217) showed that online metacognitive skills(measured with a novel dedicated scale) reduced the influence of contentcongruency on social media post truthfulness ratings, especially for apolarising topic. The results illustrate how metacognitive skills cancontribute to robustness of critical evaluation of information online.
