Open AccessSubjective Cognitive Complaints, Affective Distress, and Objective Cognitive Performance in Persian Gulf War Veterans
Author(s) -
Laurence M. Binder
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
archives of clinical neuropsychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1873-5843
pISSN - 0887-6177
DOI - 10.1016/s0887-6177(98)00047-x
Subject(s) - cognition , persian , distress , psychology , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , clinical psychology , population , affect (linguistics) , psychiatry , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , environmental health , communication
We examined subjective cognitive complaints, affective distress, and cognitive performance in Persian Gulf veterans who reported illness and cognitive complaints. We predicted a stronger relationship between subjective cognitive complaints and affective distress than between subjective cognitive complaints and objective cognitive performance. This prediction was confirmed in a sample of 100 veterans. The results suggest that cognitive impairment should not be diagnosed in this population without objective confirmation with cognitive testing.