The Structure of Executive Dysfunction in Depression and Anxiety
104 Citations•2020•
Stacie L. Warren, Wendy Heller, Gregory A. Miller
Findings suggest that depressed mood and anxious arousal are characterized by a general disruption in the ability to maintain task goals, whereas anxious apprehension is characterized by cognitive inflexibility, likely contributory factors in the maintenance of affective disorders.
Abstract
Findings suggest that depressed mood and anxious arousal are characterized by a general disruption in the ability to maintain task goals, whereas anxious apprehension is characterized by cognitive inflexibility. EF impairments are likely contributory factors in the maintenance of affective disorders.