Effects of punishing the coping response (conflict) on stress pathology in rats.

Errors can play a major role for optimizing subsequent performance: Response conflict associated with (near) errors signals the need to recruit additional control resources to minimize future conflict. However, so far it remains open whether children and older adults also adjust their performance as a function of preceding response conflict. To examine the life span development of conflict detection and resolution, response conflict was elicited during a task-switching paradigm. Electrophysiological correlates of conflict detection for correct and incorrect responses and behavioral indices of post-error adjustments were assessed while participants in four age groups were asked to focus on either speed or accuracy. Despite difficulties in resolving response conflict, the ability to detect response conflict as indexed by the Ne/ERN component was expected to mature early and be preserved in older adults. As predicted, reliable Ne/ERN peaks were detected across age groups. However, only for adults Ne/ERN amplitudes associated with errors were larger compared to Nc/CRN amplitudes for correct trials under accuracy instructions, suggesting an ongoing maturation in the ability to differentiate levels of response conflict. Behavioral interference costs were considerable in both children and older adults. Performance for children and older adults deteriorated rather than improved following errors, in line with intact conflict detection, but impaired conflict resolution. Thus, participants in all age groups were able to detect response conflict, but only young adults successfully avoided subsequent conflict by up-regulating control.

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Coping Response Style and the Detection of Malingered PTSD: A Pilot Study

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e614302013-001 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Victoria Pagano ◽

Michelle Nerish ◽

Brandon Hollingsworth ◽

Chris Weaver

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Response Style ◽

Coping Response

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PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE SPANISH VERSION OF THE MOOS COPING RESPONSE INVENTORY FOR YOUTH

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.97.7.777-789 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 97 (7) ◽

pp. 777 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

MARIA FORNS

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Spanish Version ◽

Coping Response

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Indices of Heart Rate Variability and Performance During a Response-Conflict Task Are Differently Associated With ADHD and Autism

Journal of Attention Disorders ◽

10.1177/1087054720972793 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 108705472097279

Author(s):

Alessio Bellato ◽

Iti Arora ◽

Puja Kochhar ◽

Chris Hollis ◽

Madeleine J. Groom

Keyword(s):

Heart Rate ◽

Heart Rate Variability ◽

Sensory Information ◽

Response Conflict ◽

Mediation Model ◽

Conflict Task ◽

Accurate Performance ◽

And Performance ◽

Comorbid Adhd ◽

The Relationship

We investigated autonomic arousal, attention and response conflict, in ADHD and autism. Heart rate variability (HRV), and behavioral/electrophysiological indices of performance, were recorded during a task with low and high levels of response conflict in 78 children/adolescents (7–15 years old) with ADHD, autism, comorbid ADHD+autism, or neurotypical. ANOVA models were used to investigate effects of ADHD and autism, while a mediation model was tested to clarify the relationship between ADHD and slower performance. Slower and less accurate performance characterized ADHD and autism; however, atypical electrophysiological indices differently characterized these conditions. The relationship between ADHD and slower task performance was mediated by reduced HRV in response to the cue stimulus. Autonomic hypo-arousal and difficulties in mobilizing energetic resources in response to sensory information (associated with ADHD), and atypical electrophysiological indices of information processing (associated with autism), might negatively affect cognitive performance in those with ADHD+autism.

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Coping Strategies by University Students in Response to COVID-19: Differences between Community and Clinical Groups

Journal of Clinical Medicine ◽

10.3390/jcm10112499 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. 2499

Author(s):

Víctor-María López-Ramos ◽

Benito León-del-Barco ◽

Santiago Mendo-Lázaro ◽

María-Isabel Polo-del-Río

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Clinical Sample ◽

Characteristic Curve ◽

Well Being ◽

Clinical Group ◽

Cognitive Avoidance ◽

Coping Response ◽

Community Group

Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic had severe consequences on the health and well-being of millions of people. Different studies try to identify the main effects that the crisis and several lockdowns have had on the citizens’ mental health. This research analyses the coping strategies generated by students from a community group and a clinical group in response to this crisis, using the Coping Responses Inventory—Adult Form (CRI-A) by Moos with a sample of 1074 students of Universidad de Extremadura. Multivariate analysis and receiver operating characteristic curve analysis have been carried out, revealing, amongst other things, a greater predisposition of the clinical sample towards factors such as seeking guidance and support, cognitive avoidance or emotional discharge. Results show that students with prior mental health problems perform an unhealthy coping response based on avoidance strategies. This group of students suffers a double source of distress and anxiety, one derived from their prior psychopathologic problems and the stress of the lockdown and another one originating from an inefficient coping response, which makes coping strategies raise levels of distress and anxiety.

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