Relationship between worry, anxiety and thought suppression and the components of working memory in a non-clinical sample
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11510242 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simon Crowe (0000-0002-4407-8542, La Trobe University, corresponding author), Simon F Crowe (La Trobe University), Carolyn Matthews (La Trobe University), Elizabeth Walkenhorst (La Trobe University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 170-177 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Psychologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0005-0067 • E-ISSN: 1742-9544 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00050060601089462 |
| OpenAlex | W2025657967 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 27 |
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between worry and working memory performance. Sixty-one healthy adults (31 men and 30 women) ranging in age from 18 to 63 years were given three questionnaires (the Worry Domains Questionnaire, the State – Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the White Bear Suppression Inventory) and six working memory tasks (the Digit Span task [forward and reversed], the Spatial Span task [forward and reversed], the Visual Patterns Test, and a dual-performance task. Separate hierarchical regression analyses were performed on each dependent measure to examine the contribution of the independent variables. The results indicated that self-reported worry was a significant contributor to the prediction of working memory performance. However, contrary to the hypothesis, worry did not significantly account for variance on the verbal working memory tasks, but did make a significant and negative contribution to the performance of central executive tasks (i.e., spatial span reversed and the dual task)
Anxiety · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Memory span · Multilevel model · Psychiatry · Statistics · Task (project management · Variance (accounting · Working memory · Worry · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Mental Health Research Topics · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.27 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |