Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences International Journal of Behavioral Sciences 2322-1194 15 1 2021 04 01 Relationship between Impulsivity and Meta-Cognition with Cognitive Failures 61 65 131153 10.30491/ijbs.2021.231288.1276 EN Sedighe Mirzaee Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran Mahnaz Shahgholian Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-9121-7920 Mohammad-Hossein Abdollahi Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran Samira Akhavan-Arjmand Department of Psychology, Shiraz Azad University, Shiraz, Iran Journal Article 2021 03 24 Abstract <strong>Introduction:</strong> Inadvertent mistakes are often major problems in daily life. Cognitive failure is the nomenclature attributed to these defects and cognitive failures questionnaire measures the self-reported frequency of these mistakes. It is hypothesized that impulsivity and meta-cognition have underlying associations with cognitive failures. The present study aimed to explore the relationship between impulsivity and meta-cognition with cognitive failures. <strong>Method:</strong> A randomly selected sample of 125 university students (age range: 18-22)  administered the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ), UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale Questionnaire, and Meta-Cognition Questionnaire (MCQ). Data were analyzed using regression. <strong>Results:</strong> The results indicated that the component of meta-cognition, cognitive confidence had a positive significant relationship with cognitive failures (r=0.51, p<0.01). Furthermore, amongst components of impulsivity, urgency had a significant negative relationship with cognitive failures (r=-0.44, p<0.01). A regression analysis revealed that cognitive confidence and urgency could predict cognitive failure variance. According to Beta coefficients, relative potion of cognitive confidence to predict CF was 51% at first step and 40% in the second. Relative potion of urgency in the second step was 27%. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The effect of little urgency and inefficient cognitive confidence is noticeable in distraction, memory problems, blunders and lack of names remembering. https://www.behavsci.ir/article_131153_ccae283c3359c3c669d51ee4e3b45c8a.pdf