Poster Session 05 Program Schedule
02/15/2024
02:30 pm - 03:45 pm
Room: Majestic Complex (Posters 61-120)
Poster Session 05: Neuropsychiatry | Addiction/Dependence | Stress/Coping | Emotional/Social Processes
Final Abstract #68
The Intersection of Perceived Stress and Mood on Cordoba Naming Test Performance in a Mexican Population
Mariam Gomez, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Natalie Gevoglanian, Alliant International University, Los Angeles, United States
Walter Daniel Lopez Hernandez, UCSD Health, San Diego, United States
Category: Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Keyword 1: anxiety
Keyword 2: depression
Keyword 3: multiculturalism
Objective:
Previous research shows that stress can affect cognition (e.g., memory, processing speed). The Boston Naming Test is a common confrontational naming task used to examine language abilities. However, the Cordoba Naming Test (CNT) is a 30-item confrontational naming task that has been created to be administered for Spanish speakers. Recent literature has shown that current mood (e.g., anxiety, depression) can influence Hispanics’ CNT performance. We examined whether higher levels of perceived stress would affect Mexican Nationals Living in Mexico CNT performance. In addition, we investigated if CNT performance and perceived stress were associated with current mood (i.e., anxiety, depression). To our knowledge, no study has examined the influence of stress and mood on Mexicans’ CNT performance. We predicted that persons with normal stress traits (NST) would outperform persons with abnormal stress traits (AST) on the CNT and report lower levels of anxiety and depression. Additionally, we also predicted that stress and mood would correlate with CNT performance.
Participants and Methods:
The sample consisted of 80 Mexican Nationals Living in Mexico with a mean age of 34.79 (SD = 17.98). Participants were neurologically and psychologically healthy. Our sample was divided into two groups: NST group and AST group. Participants completed the CNT, Perceived Stress Scale, and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in Spanish. The Perceived Stress Scale was used to create our stress groups. Meanwhile, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was used in the present study to evaluate possible mood factors (i.e., anxiety, depression) influencing CNT performance between our stress groups. A series of ANCOVA’s were used to evaluate CNT and current mood differences. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to evaluate the relationship of mood and stress on CNT performance.
Results:
NST group outperformed the AST group on the CNT, p = .049, ηp² = .05. Regarding mood, we found the NST reported lower levels of anxiety and depression compared to the AST group, p’s < .05, ηp’s² = .27- .37. Pearson’s correlation coefficient revealed that neither anxiety or depression significantly correlated with CNT performance in any stress group.
Conclusions:
Based on our findings it appears that higher levels of stress influences CNT performance. However, increasing levels of stress and mood was not associated with CNT performance. Further work is needed to explore variables that can be driving persons with higher levels of stress to underperform on the CNT compared to persons with lower levels of stress. It is suggested to examine, with a bigger sample size, if perceived mental workload can provide insight into why higher levels of stress is influencing language abilities (i.e., CNT).
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