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Effects of anxiety and depression on anagram performance, ratings of cognitive interference, and the negative subjective evaluation of performance
Author(s) -
Zarantonello Matthew,
Slaymaker Frank,
Johnson James,
Petzel Thomas
Publication year - 1984
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(198401)40:1<20::aid-jclp2270400104>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - anagram , psychology , anxiety , cognition , beck depression inventory , clinical psychology , trait anxiety , depression (economics) , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , developmental psychology , psychiatry , task (project management) , management , economics , macroeconomics
Abstract Studied whether any differential effects of anxiety and depression could be discerned in the anagram performance, ratings of cognitive interference, and subjective evaluation of anagram performance displayed by college students. Seventy‐two undergraduates (36 male, 36 female) were selected to participate in the present experiment on the basis of their scores on the State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory (A‐Trait) and/or the Beck Depression Inventory. Results showed that depressed‐anxious and anxious S s displayed a tendency toward reduced efficiency in anagram solution, rated themselves as having experienced significantly more cognitive interference during the anagram task, and displayed a significantly more negative subjective evaluation of their anagram performance than did control S s. Quasi‐F analyses revealed that these results were related significantly to the anxiety factor common to both depressed‐anxious and anxious S s. Implications of these results for future research on anxiety and depression were discussed.