Task-Based Attentional Control: The Role of Anxiety and Age
Congruent with ACT, anxiety was associated with worse performance on measures of set-shifting and inhibition. Older age was an independent predictor of worse set-shifting and inhibition but did not moderate the relationship between anxiety and attentional control, suggesting that anxiety adversely affected working memory and processing efficiency equivalently across the adult lifespan. The results highlight the importance of anxiety assessment in neuropsychological evaluation in patients of all ages.
Authors
- Elizabeth Geary
- Leslie M. Guidotti Breting
- Alec C. Neale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4130-5778)
- Jenna Axelrod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4617-7939)
- Monika A. Waszczuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1775-1970)
- John E. Calamari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1573-5048)
- Amanda Messerlie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1023-0115)
- Jerry J. Sweet
Institutions
- NorthShore University HealthSystem (US)
- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
- Published
- 2024-09-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acae069
- Primary Topic
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00