ICPS

2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023

A Brief Exploration of the Relationship between Executive Function, Processing Speed, and PTSD Symptom Severity Among a Heterogenous Sample

Brussels, Belgium · March 2023

poster · Experimental Psychology

  • Carine El Jamal
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Roland Hart
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • George Bonanno
    Teachers College, Columbia University

Abstract

Previous studies found an association between poorer executive functioning (EF) and Posttraumatic symptoms (PTS). This study extends previous findings by assessing three components of executive functioning, including working memory, flexibility, and inhibition, as well as processing speed while controlling for traumatic exposure.

Psychopathology