Reference code: | PT/FB/BL-2008-136.07 |
Location: | Arquivo PCA - Pasta 18/2008
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Title:
| Executive deficit in high externalizers
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Publication year: | 2012
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URL:
| http://webs.psi.uminho.pt/appe/past/2012/files/Livro_Resumos_appe7.pdf
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Abstract/Results: | ABSTRACT:
Externalizing is a higher-order psychopathology factor that underpins a number of the most commonly
occurring mental disorders, being directly related to acting-out behaviors and poor behavioral control. A
common behavioral pattern reflected in many manifestations of externalizing is an apparent failure to
learn from experience, raising the possibility that externalizing may involve a deficit in executive
cognitive function. To test this possibility, we examined the influence of externalizing on performance
on the Halstead Category Test. Participants scoring high on the externalizing vulnerability performed
significantly worse on the “Loss of Set – Conceptual” subscale than participants scoring low. This
suggests that a higher externalizing vulnerability is associated with an increased difficulty at the level of
abstract concept formation and poor cognitive flexibility.
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Accessibility: | Document does not exist in file
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Language:
| eng
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Author:
| Pereira, A. T.
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Secondary author(s):
| Costa, J., Vagos, P., Oliveira, A., Rodrigues, P., DeFilippis, N., Silva, C. F., Santos, I. M.
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Document type:
| Online abstract
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Number of reproductions:
| 1
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Reference:
| Pereira, A.T., Costa, J., Vagos, P., Oliveira, A. C., Rodrigues, P., DeFilippis, N., Silva, C. F., & Santos, I. M. (2012, March). Executive deficits in high externalizers. Poster presented at the 7th Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental, Lisbon, Portugal. Abstract retrieved from http://webs.psi.uminho.pt/appe/past/2012/files/Livro_Resumos_appe7.pdf
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Indexed document: | No
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Keywords: | Externalizing personality / Cognitive flexibility / Executive function
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