War and remembrance: Combat exposure in young adulthood and memory function sixty years later
| Autor: | Dorene M. Rentz, Robert J. Waldinger, Johanna C. Malone, Michael D. Nevarez |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Adult
Male Warfare lcsh:RC435-571 media_common.quotation_subject Emotions Combat exposure Neuropsychological Tests Affect (psychology) 050105 experimental psychology Article Developmental psychology Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Memory lcsh:Psychiatry Adaptation Psychological Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Cognitive skill Longitudinal Studies Young adult media_common Veterans Combat Disorders Mechanism (biology) 05 social sciences Cognition Extreme stress Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Feeling Mental Recall Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol 72, Iss, Pp 97-105 (2017) |
| Popis: | Objective Identifying adaptive ways to cope with extreme stress is essential to promoting long-term health. Memory systems are highly sensitive to stress, and combat exposure during war has been shown to have deleterious effects on cognitive processes, such as memory, decades later. No studies have examined coping styles used by combat veterans and associations with later-life cognitive functioning. Defenses are coping mechanisms that manage difficult memories and feelings, with some more closely related to memory processes (e.g., suppression, repression). Utilizing a longitudinal database, we assessed how reliance on certain defense mechanisms after World War II combat exposure could affect cognitive health 60years later. Method Data spanning 75years were available on 71 men who had post-war assessment of combat exposure, defense mechanism ratings (ages 19–50), and late-life neuropsychological testing. Interaction models of combat exposure with defenses predicting late-life memory were examined. Results In bivariate analyses, greater reliance on suppression correlated with worse memory performance ( r =−0.30, p =.01), but greater reliance on repression did not. Greater reliance on suppression strengthened the link between combat exposure and worse memory in late life ( R 2 =0.24, p .001). In contrast, greater reliance on repression attenuated the link between combat exposure and poorer late-life memory ( R 2 =0.19, p Conclusions Results suggest that coping styles may affect the relationship between early-adult stress and late-life cognition. Findings highlight the importance of understanding how coping styles may impact cognitive functioning as people move through adult life. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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