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Título Inhibitory Control in Individuals with Clinical Levels of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms
Autores GARCÍA MARTÍN, MARÍA BELÉN, Ruiz, Francisco J. , Bedoya-Valderrama, Luna , Segura-Vargas, Miguel A. , Pena-Vargas, Andres , Avila-Campos, Jorge E. , Gomez-Bermudez, Juan F. , Calle-Arciniegas, Vanessa
Publicación externa No
Medio Span J Psychol
Alcance Article
Naturaleza Científica
Cuartil JCR 3
Cuartil SJR 1
Impacto JCR 1.526
Impacto SJR 0.391
Web https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85102897360&doi=10.1017%2fSJP.2021.18&partnerID=40&md5=43473d09a03f331346111103b82dcc2b
Fecha de publicacion 22/03/2021
ISI 000631076300001
Scopus Id 2-s2.0-85102897360
DOI 10.1017/SJP.2021.18
Abstract Previous research has shown that individuals suffering from depression and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) seem to have inhibitory control deficits compared with healthy controls. However, few studies have been conducted in Spanish-speaking countries. Thus, this study aims to analyze the performance on the Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT) between groups of Colombian participants with clinical levels of depression and GAD symptoms and a nonclinical control group. According to previous research, we expected to find significant differences in inhibitory control among groups. An ex post facto design was implemented. The SCWT was administered to a total sample of 105 individuals (64.8% women, M = 22.94 years, SD = 4.62), including 27 depressed and 15 anxious participants according to their scores on the Personal Health Questionnaire-9 and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, respectively. Bayesian t-tests showed that depressed participants showed the same processing speed but lower scores on inhibitory control than healthy controls, BF = 13.70, delta = 0.50, 95% CI [0.08, 0.94]. Conversely, anxious participants showed deficits in processing speed, SCWT-Word: BF = 16.19, delta = 0.68, 95% CI [0.15, 1.24]; SCWT-Color: BF = 5.98, delta = 0.50, 95% CI [-0.01, 1.04], but not in inhibitory control compared with the nonanxious counterparts. This study provides preliminary evidence concerning the inhibitory control deficits in Colombian depressed individuals and processing speed deficits in those experiencing clinical levels of GAD symptoms.
Palabras clave Depression; generalized anxiety disorder; inhibitory control; Stroop test
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