期刊
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
卷 15, 期 6, 页码 840-852出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617709990488
关键词
Visual memory; Verbal memory; Attention; Neurocognitive functioning; PTSD; Combat
资金
- U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command [17-03-0020, A-11815]
- VA Clinical Sciences Research and Development
- South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center
- U.S. Army Research Institute for Environmental Medicine
- U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity [DAMD 17-03-0020]
This study evaluated associations between pre-deployment neurocognitive performance and post-deployment posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a sample of deployed active duty Army soldiers. As part of a larger longitudinal study, each participant completed baseline measures of memory, executive attention, and response inhibition, and baseline and post-deployment self-report measures of PTSD symptom severity. Data were subjected to multiple regression analyses that examined associations between baseline neurocognitive performances and longitudinal PTSD symptom outcome. Results revealed that pre-trauma immediate recall Of Visual information was associated with post-deployment PTSD symptom severity, even after controlling for pre-deployment PTSD symptom levels, combat intensity, age, gender, and test-retest interval. There was also an interaction between pre-deployment PTSD symptom severity and pre-deployment immediate visual recall and Verbal learning, indicating that neurocognitive performances were more strongly (and negatively) associated with residualized post-deployment PTSD symptoms at higher levels of pre-deployment PTSD symptoms. These findings highlight the potential role of pre-trauma neurocognitive functioning in moderating the effects of trauma exposure on PTSD symptoms. (JINS, 2009 15, 840-852.)
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