The parametric, psychological, neuropsychological, and neuroanatomical properties of self and world evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As an individual moves from adolescence to adulthood, they need to form a new sense of self as their environment changes from a limited to a more expansive structure. During this critical stage in development the last dramatic steps of neural development occur and numerous psychiatric conditions begin to manifest. Currently, there is no measure that aids in the quantification of how the individual is adapting to, and conceptualizing their role in, these new structures. To fill this gap we created the Self and World Evaluation Expressions Test(SWEET).

Method

Sixty-five young adults (20.6 years-old), 36 with a history of drug use, completed the SWEET. A factor analysis was performed on the SWEET and the resultant factors were correlated with psychological, neuropsyc

SUBMITTER: Simmons AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3278451 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature