Edwards Holly M, Jackson James G, Evans Hannah
School of Psychology and Therapeutic Studies, Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, Leeds Trinity University, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2022 Aug 2;13:906476. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.906476. eCollection 2022.
Previous studies have shown cognitive task performance to be affected by tinnitus severity, but also that the literature is conflicted. This study sought to identify neuroticism as a possible confound, since severe tinnitus distress is associated with higher levels of neuroticism. A total of 78 participants (39 with and 39 without tinnitus) undertook two cognitive tasks. It was found that when undertaking a Stroop paradigm, controlling for neuroticism rendered previously significant results not significant. It was also found that neuroticism was not a significant covariate for a change blindness task. Gender, age, anxiety, and depression were all controlled for, and future implications for the literature discussed.
先前的研究表明，认知任务表现会受到耳鸣严重程度的影响，但文献对此也存在矛盾观点。本研究试图确定神经质是一个可能的混杂因素，因为严重的耳鸣困扰与较高水平的神经质有关。共有78名参与者（39名有耳鸣，39名无耳鸣）进行了两项认知任务。研究发现，在进行斯特鲁普范式时，控制神经质会使先前显著的结果变得不显著。还发现神经质对于变化盲视任务不是一个显著的协变量。对性别、年龄、焦虑和抑郁都进行了控制，并讨论了该研究对文献的未来影响。
