Examining Working Memory Performance in Adult Psychosomatic Inpatients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is cumulating evidence that working memory (WM) processing is impaired in individuals suffering from a psychosomatic and a psychological disorder. However, it is unclear how repetitive negative thinking (RNT), depressive symptoms, and patient characteristics (i.e., age and incapability to work) contribute to WM impairments. The present study examines how these factors affect WM performance in highly distressed adult psychosomatic inpatients.

Methods

Seventy-six inpatients (M _age = 52.7, SD = 8.4) from a psychosomatic rehabilitation clinic performed a two-block WM updating task, with accuracy and reaction time as indicators of WM functioning.

Results

Multivariate mixed effect model results show that accuracy and reaction time signific

SUBMITTER: Held J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8415410 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature