Cognitive Functioning
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Research Project based on population, Trajectories of Aging Social Response in Elderly: Study of the Predictors of Healthy Aging and Dementia, in order to ascertain the level of autonomy and cognitive function or cognitive decline in... more
Higher optimism has been linked with health, well-being, and cognitive functioning. Spouses also play an important role on people's health, especially in older adulthood. Yet, whether a spouse's optimism is associated with an individual's... more
The present study investigated the relationship between maternal attachment (i.e. trust, communication, and alienation) and cognitive functioning among the institutionalized children in Malaysia; and the mediating role of... more
Research draft working paper - key findings.
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The research has included 96 Roma elementary-school pupils from the first grade, 7 years and 6 months old on average, and 78 pre-school children, (6 years and 1 month old on average), out of which number there were 37 Roma pupils and 41... more
Cognitive Reserve (CR) is defined as individual differences in the baseline efficiency of cognitive processing, such that those with more efficient CR networks have greater capacity and are more flexible in coping with impairment and... more
Introduction With psychiatric disorders affecting nearly one-half of American adults at some point in their lifetime, it is important to consider the impact psychopathological conditions may have on neuropsychological function; this is... more
Estimating premorbid cognitive functioning is an important part of any neuropsychological evaluation. This estimate is the benchmark against which current cognitive functioning is compared to establish the existence, degree, and rate of... more
The aim was to determine the post-onset longitudinal course of cognitive functioning in first-episode psychoses and to examine how premorbid adjustment, duration of untreated psychosis (DUP), and clinical variables such as relapse are... more
The construct of self-efficacy has been hypothesized to mediate the relationship between efforts at coping with psychiatric illness and functional outcome. This study examined whether self-efficacy mediated the relationships between... more
To assess the relationship between state anxiety and performance on neuropsychological tests in older adults. Nine hundred fifty-five community-dwelling individuals without dementia age 66 and over were evaluated at home by a... more