The relationship between cognitive dysfunction and stress sensitivity in schizophrenia : A replication study

The aim of the current study was to replicate the finding that cognitive impairments are not or inversely associated with sensitivity to stress in a sample of 25 patients diagnosed with psychotic disorder. The results indicated that impairments in performance on the Trailmaking Test and the Stroop C...

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Published in:Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2007-04, Vol.42 (4), p.284-287
Main Authors: MORRENS, Manuel, KRABBENDAM, Lydia, BAK, Maarten, DELESPAUL, Phillippe, MENGELERS, Ron, SABBE, Bernard, HULSTIJN, Wouter, VAN OS, Jim, MYIN-GERMEYS, Inez
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Brain damage
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - epidemiology
Cronbach's alpha
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests
Neuropsychology
Prevalence
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychoses
Psychosis
Reproducibility of Results
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - diagnosis
Schizophrenia - epidemiology
Sensitivity and Specificity
Stress, Psychological - diagnosis
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
Stress, Psychological - psychology
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Summary:The aim of the current study was to replicate the finding that cognitive impairments are not or inversely associated with sensitivity to stress in a sample of 25 patients diagnosed with psychotic disorder. The results indicated that impairments in performance on the Trailmaking Test and the Stroop Color Word Test were inversely associated with sensitivity to stress in daily life, whereas impairment in a subtest of the Behavioral Assessment of Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS) was not associated with stress-sensitivity. The data thus show that in some instances cognitive functioning is not, and in other instances is inversely associated with momentary sensitivity to stress. Cognitive impairment and affective reactivity thus appear to be independent or mutually exclusive mechanisms in psychosis, suggesting competing causal pathways.
ISSN:0933-7954
1433-9285
DOI:10.1007/s00127-007-0170-7