An Examination of Induced Anxiety and Its Interaction with Trait Anxiety on Executive Functioning Tasks

Anxiety is a common human experience which has been shown to have detrimental effects on cognitive abilities, particularly the executive abilities of inhibition, shifting and updating. Previous studies in this area have been highly specific in their focus, leaving gaps in the literature. As a result...

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Main Author:	Harris, Joseph
Other Authors:	Hicks, Jason
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Language:	en
Published:	LSU 2013
Subjects:	Psychology
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spelling	ndltd-LSU-oai-etd.lsu.edu-etd-07082013-1318112013-07-12T05:50:19Z An Examination of Induced Anxiety and Its Interaction with Trait Anxiety on Executive Functioning Tasks Harris, Joseph Psychology Anxiety is a common human experience which has been shown to have detrimental effects on cognitive abilities, particularly the executive abilities of inhibition, shifting and updating. Previous studies in this area have been highly specific in their focus, leaving gaps in the literature. As a result, the general nature of anxietys effect on executive functioning has yet to be fully defined. The current study attempted to establish such a definition by exploring the effects of state anxiety and trait anxiety on each of the executive functions, both in terms of task performance and efficiency. In addition, because working memory has been shown to be closely related to higher order cognitive abilities such as general fluid intelligence (Shelton, Elliott, Matthews, Hill, & Gouvier, 2010), the influence of working memory capacity (WMC) was also explored. In the current study, it was found that the manipulation designed to increase or decrease state anxiety was ineffective. Additionally, no effects of trait anxiety or WMC were found for any of the executive function tasks, either in terms of accuracy or reaction time (RT). Implications and future directions are discussed. Hicks, Jason Renshaw, Tyler Elliott, Emily LSU 2013-07-11 text application/pdf http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-07082013-131811/ http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-07082013-131811/ en unrestricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached herein a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to LSU or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below and in appropriate University policies, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report.
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description	Anxiety is a common human experience which has been shown to have detrimental effects on cognitive abilities, particularly the executive abilities of inhibition, shifting and updating. Previous studies in this area have been highly specific in their focus, leaving gaps in the literature. As a result, the general nature of anxietys effect on executive functioning has yet to be fully defined. The current study attempted to establish such a definition by exploring the effects of state anxiety and trait anxiety on each of the executive functions, both in terms of task performance and efficiency. In addition, because working memory has been shown to be closely related to higher order cognitive abilities such as general fluid intelligence (Shelton, Elliott, Matthews, Hill, & Gouvier, 2010), the influence of working memory capacity (WMC) was also explored. In the current study, it was found that the manipulation designed to increase or decrease state anxiety was ineffective. Additionally, no effects of trait anxiety or WMC were found for any of the executive function tasks, either in terms of accuracy or reaction time (RT). Implications and future directions are discussed.
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An Examination of Induced Anxiety and Its Interaction with Trait Anxiety on Executive Functioning Tasks

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