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EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING IN SCHIZOPHRENIA [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2013
The executive function (EF) is a set of abilities, which allows us to invoke voluntary control of our behavioral responses. These functions enable human beings to develop and carry out plans, make up analogies, obey social rules, solve problems, adapt to
Gricel eOrellana, Andrea eSlachevsky, Andrea eSlachevsky, Andrea eSlachevsky, Andrea eSlachevsky, Andrea eSlachevsky   +5 more
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Lifetime stressor exposure, executive functioning, and internalizing symptoms during emerging adulthood [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Internalizing symptoms such as depression and anxiety rise dramatically during emerging adulthood. Although both childhood and adulthood adversity are associated with internalizing symptoms during this period, the underlying transdiagnostic processes ...
Liam Wright, Gloria Rebello, Dillon T. Browne, George M. Slavich, Mark Wade   +4 more
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The Correspondence Between Executive Functioning and Academic Achievement Among Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure [PDF]

Children
Background/Objectives: Canadian guidelines for diagnosing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) strongly recommend using direct measures to assess brain domains whenever possible. Executive functioning, one of the brain domains assessed, can be measured
Kristene Cheung, Susan Doyle, Kylee Clayton, Ana Hanlon-Dearman, Jo Ann Unger, Caelan Budhoo, Alyssa Romaniuk   +6 more
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Weaknesses in executive functioning predict the initiating of adolescents’ alcohol use

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2015
Recently, it has been suggested that impairments in executive functioning might be risk factors for the onset of alcohol use rather than a result of heavy alcohol use.
Margot Peeters, Tim Janssen, Karin Monshouwer, Wouter Boendermaker, Thomas Pronk, Reinout Wiers, Wilma Vollebergh   +6 more
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Executive functioning and spoken language skills in young children with hearing aids and cochlear implants: Longitudinal findings

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) children who use auditory-oral communication display considerable variability in spoken language and executive functioning outcomes.
Izabela A. Jamsek, William G. Kronenberger, William G. Kronenberger, David B. Pisoni, David B. Pisoni, Rachael Frush Holt   +5 more
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Advancing the Measurement of Executive Functioning in Pediatric Chronic Pain

Children, 2021
Youth with chronic pain often report executive functioning difficulties, many of which have been linked to poor treatment adherence and health-related quality of life in adults with chronic pain, as well as in other pediatric chronic health populations ...
Emily A. Beckmann, Kristen E. Jastrowski Mano   +1 more
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Social closeness and cognitive functioning increase feelings of hope for individuals in inpatient treatment

Psychiatry Research Communications, 2021
Hope is important in recovery during inpatient treatment. Prior research suggests social closeness and executive functioning are important in increasing hope.
Tovah Cowan, Anna T. Pham, Brita Elvevåg, Alex S. Cohen   +3 more
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The association between depression symptoms and reduced executive functioning is primarily linked by fatigue

Psychiatry Research Communications, 2023
Depression is associated with reduced executive functioning. Still, we lack a more detailed understanding of the factors explaining this association. Addressing several limitations in the previous literature, we examine whether poor executive functioning
Brage Kraft, Ragnhild Bø, Rune Jonassen, Alexandre Heeren, Vidar Sandsaunet Ulset, Tore C. Stiles, Nils Inge Landrø   +6 more
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Associations between executive functioning, challenging behavior, and quality of life in children and adolescents with and without neurodevelopmental conditions

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
The present study sought to clarify the impact of executive and social functioning on challenging behavior and the downstream influence of challenging behavior on quality of life and functioning in a large transdiagnostic sample.
Thomas W. Frazier, Ethan Crowley, Andy Shih, Vijay Vasudevan, Arun Karpur, Mirko Uljarevic, Ru Ying Cai   +6 more
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Decision making and its correlates in recurrent depressive disorder

Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2023
Objective: Decision-making (DM) is simply choosing among alternatives or defining one's course of action. A depressed individual does not perceive himself as a decision-maker as ruminations reinforce dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs and poor executive
Sandeep Singh, Aarzoo Gupta, Gurvinder Pal Singh   +2 more
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