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The relationship between cognitive dysfunction and stress sensitivity in schizophrenia

A replication study

Authors: Manuel Morrens, Lydia Krabbendam, Maarten Bak, Phillippe Delespaul, Ron Mengelers, Bernard Sabbe, Wouter Hulstijn, Jim van Os, Inez Myin-Germeys, PhD

Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Issue 4/2007

Abstract

The aim of the current study was to replicate the finding that cognitive impairments are not or inversely associated with sensitivity to stress in a sample of 25 patients diagnosed with psychotic disorder. The results indicated that impairments in performance on the Trailmaking Test and the Stroop Color Word Test were inversely associated with sensitivity to stress in daily life, whereas impairment in a subtest of the Behavioral Assessment of Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS) was not associated with stress-sensitivity. The data thus show that in some instances cognitive functioning is not, and in other instances is inversely associated with momentary sensitivity to stress. Cognitive impairment and affective reactivity thus appear to be independent or mutually exclusive mechanisms in psychosis, suggesting competing causal pathways.

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Title: The relationship between cognitive dysfunction and stress sensitivity in schizophrenia
A replication study
Authors: Manuel Morrens
Lydia Krabbendam
Maarten Bak
Phillippe Delespaul
Ron Mengelers
Bernard Sabbe
Wouter Hulstijn
Jim van Os
Inez Myin-Germeys, PhD
Publication date: 01-04-2007
Publisher: D. Steinkopff-Verlag
Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Issue 4/2007
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Electronic ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-007-0170-7

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