作者
Joseph DeGutis, Michael Esterman, Bay McCulloch, Andrew Rosenblatt, William Milberg, Regina McGlinchey
发表日期
2015/5
期刊
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
卷号
21
期号
5
页码范围
342-352
出版商
Cambridge University Press
简介
Although there is mounting evidence that greater PTSD symptoms are associated with reduced executive functioning, it is not fully understood whether this association is more global or specific to certain executive function subdomains, such as inhibitory control. We investigated the generality of the association between PTSD symptoms and executive function by administering a broad battery of sensitive executive functioning tasks to a cohort of returning Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans with varying PTSD symptoms. Only tasks related to inhibitory control explained significant variance in PTSD symptoms as well as symptoms of depression, while measures of working memory, measures of switching, and measures simultaneously assessing multiple executive function subdomains did not. Notably, the two inhibitory control measures that showed the highest correlation with PTSD and …
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