Disruptions in executive functioning and dissociation in undergraduate students

Autor: Giesbrecht, T., Merckelbach, H., Geraerts, E., Smeets, E.
Přispěvatelé: Clinical Psychological Science, RS: FPN CPS II, RS: FPN CPS IV
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2004
Zdroj: Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 192(8), 567-569. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
ISSN: 0022-3018
Popis: The concept of dissociation refers to disruptions in attentional control. Attentional control is an executive function. Few studies have addressed the link between dissociation and executive functioning. Our study investigated this relationship in a sample of undergraduate students (N = 185) who completed the Dissociative Experiences Scale and the Random Number Generation Task. We found that minor disruptions in executive functioning were related to a subclass of dissociative experiences, notably dissociative amnesia and the Dissociative Experiences Scale Taxon. However, the two other subscales of the Dissociative Experiences Scale, measuring depersonalization and absorption, were unrelated to executive functioning. Our findings suggest that a failure to inhibit previous responses might contribute to the pathological memory manifestations of dissociation.
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