Fernández-Alcántara Manuel, Pérez-García Miguel, Pérez-Marfil M N, Catena-Martínez Andrés, Hueso-Montoro César, Cruz-Quintana Francisco
Universidad de Granada.
Psicothema. 2016 Aug;28(3):260-5. doi: 10.7334/psicothema2015.257.
Intense and complex symptoms of grief seem to be related to a series of biases and difficulties in areas such as attention, autobiographical memory and problem solving. However, studies of neuropsychological performance have reported contradictory evidence. The role of executive function (EF) in bereaved individuals has not been systematically studied by differentiating between its components.
A total of 38 participants who had experienced the death of a loved one participated in this study. They were divided into two groups based on the intensity of their symptoms. They underwent neuropsychological assessments that included measures of flexibility, inhibition, working memory and emotional decision-making.
Group differences were found in the parts of the emotional decision-making task that assessed decisions made under risk. Considering each participant’s level of education and emotional variables, the symptoms of grief predicted a substantial variance in their performance in the decision-making task.
Intense symptoms of grief seem to be related to poorer emotional decision-making performance but not to flexibility, inhibition or working memory.
强烈而复杂的悲伤症状似乎与注意力、自传体记忆和问题解决等领域的一系列偏差和困难有关。然而，神经心理学表现的研究报告了相互矛盾的证据。尚未通过区分其组成部分来系统地研究执行功能（EF）在丧亲个体中的作用。
共有38名经历过亲人死亡的参与者参与了本研究。他们根据症状强度分为两组。他们接受了神经心理学评估，包括灵活性、抑制、工作记忆和情感决策的测量。
在评估风险下决策的情感决策任务部分发现了组间差异。考虑到每个参与者的教育水平和情感变量，悲伤症状预测了他们在决策任务中的表现存在很大差异。
强烈的悲伤症状似乎与较差的情感决策表现有关，但与灵活性、抑制或工作记忆无关。
