Improving cognitive control in adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
| Autor: | Alireza Moradi, Mohammad Khaleghi, Fatemeh Mirdoraghi, Susanne Schweizer, Jafar Hasani, Zobair Samimi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Adolescent Emotions Psychological intervention Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Placebo 050105 experimental psychology Article Developmental psychology Task (project management) Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic 03 medical and health sciences Executive Function 0302 clinical medicine Cognition Cognitive control training Behavior Therapy medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Control (linguistics) Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Emotion Working memory Emotion regulation 05 social sciences Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) medicine.disease Cognitive training Adolescence Affective working memory Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Memory Short-Term Cognitive control Female Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Behaviour Research and Therapy |
| ISSN: | 1873-622X 0005-7967 |
| Popis: | The adverse impact of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the developing mind in adolescence can extend well into adulthood. The developmental malleability of cognitive control capacity in this age group, however, may hold particular promise for cognitive training interventions. The present study investigated the effects of affective working memory (aWMT) compared to placebo-training on cognitive and affective functioning in adolescents with PTSD. 30 treatment-seeking adolescents trained for 20 days on either an affective dual n-back task (aWMT; n = 15) or a feature match task (placebo; n = 15). The aWMT group showed greater pre-to post-training increases in cognitive control as measured by the GoNogo task as well as improvements in symptoms of PTSD and increased use of adaptive emotion regulation strategies. These preliminary findings are promising given the potential for free and easy dissemination of the aWMT in schools and online. Highlights • Cognitive control can be improved in adolescents with PTSD. • Symptoms of PTSD are reduced following affective working memory training. • Self-reported use of adaptive emotion regulation strategies can be increased. |
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