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Assessment of cognitive recovery in alcoholics by use of the trail‐making test
Author(s) -
O'Leary Michael R.,
Radford Linda M.,
Chaney Edmund F.,
Schau Edward J.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197704)33:2<579::aid-jclp2270330254>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , test (biology) , clinical psychology , analysis of variance , psychiatry , medicine , paleontology , biology
Cognitive recovery among male alcoholics and controls was investigated with the Trail‐Making Test as an index of cognitive impairment. The test was administered twice to all S s with an interval of approximately 1 year between testings. A repeated measures analysis of variance showed that the controls performed significantly better than the alcoholics at both administrations, although the alcoholics did improve between the pre‐and posttests. Reported drinking episodes that occurred between the pre‐ and posttests appeared to have no effect on cognitive recovery in the alcoholic group when relapsed and abstinent subgroups were compared.