{"title":"Depression and Its Effects on a Cognitive Performance Test","authors":"C. Noi-Okwei","volume":42,"journal":"International Journal of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences","pagesStart":1105,"pagesEnd":1112,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/4470","abstract":"
In this study, participants with adjustment disorder with depressed mood (aged 18-54 years) with mild depression (N=18), severe depression (N=12) were compared with healthy controls (N=20) on the Multidimensional Aptitude Battery (MAB) a cognitive performance test. Using One Way Analysis of Variance and Matched Sample t-test. The results of the analysis shows that severely depressed participants performed poorly on the cognitive performance test relative to controls, however there were no significant differences on the cognitive performance test scores between the severely depressed and the mildly depressed. In addition, performance on the non-verbal performance subtest was poorer than that of the verbal subtest, suggesting that depression affects the executive functions of the person.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] World Health Organization. The health report 2002. Geneva,\r\nSwitzerland: World Health Organization, 2002.\r\n[2] R. E. Lauer, B. Giordani, M. J. Boivin, N. Halle, B. 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