Interaction Between Cognitive Style and School Environment: Consequences on Self-Evaluated Anxiety and Depression

This study investigated the effect of the interaction between cognitive style (CS) and school environment on self-perceived anxiety and depression. Two groups of 280 students each-one attending Fine Arts school and the other one Humanities school were evaluated. CS was assessed by Preference Test, a...

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Published in:International journal of neuroscience 2001-01, Vol.110 (1-2), p.79-90
Main Authors: Russo, Pierluigi, Persegani, Cristina, Carucci, Cristina, Vallini, Ilaria, Papeschi, Luciana Luisa, Trimarchi, Michele
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders - diagnosis
Anxiety Disorders - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Brain - physiopathology
Cerebral hemispheres
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - etiology
Cognitive style
Depression
Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology
Electroencephalography
Environment
Female
Functional Laterality - physiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Male
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Psychometrics. Statistics. Methodology
Schools
Self-Assessment
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Summary:This study investigated the effect of the interaction between cognitive style (CS) and school environment on self-perceived anxiety and depression. Two groups of 280 students each-one attending Fine Arts school and the other one Humanities school were evaluated. CS was assessed by Preference Test, a paper-and-pencil test providing a measure of the extent to which individuals rely on the cognitive processes of each hemisphere. Anxiety and depression were assessed by a visual-analogue scale. Right-CS was associated to higher depressive tendencies than left-CS, and a similar but not significant pattern was observed for anxiety. A significant interaction between CS and school environment was found, i.e., the more the CS was in consonance with the environment cognitive demands, the less depressive tendencies were present, and vice versa.
ISSN:0020-7454
1563-5279
1543-5245
DOI:10.3109/00207450108994223