INS NYC 2024 Program

Poster	Poster Session 11 Program Schedule 02/17/2024 10:45 am - 12:00 pm Room: Shubert Complex (Posters 1-60) Poster Session 11: Cultural Neuropsychology \| Education/Training \| Professional Practice Issues Final Abstract #58 Exploring Stress, Anxiety, and Stroop Color Word Test Performance in a Mexican Population Walter Daniel Lopez Hernandez, UC San Diego Health, San Diego, United States Natalie Gevoglanian, Alliant International University, Los Angeles, United States Raymundo Cervantes, The Lundquist Institute, Torrance, United States Isabel Muñoz, CSU Northridge, Northridge, United States Category: Executive Functions/Frontal Lobes Keyword 1: anxiety Keyword 2: executive functions Keyword 3: multiculturalism Objective: We evaluated if Stroop Color Word Test (SCWT) performance, perceived stress and perceived workloads was associated with anxiety. It was predicted that persons with normal stress traits (NST) would outperform persons with abnormal stress traits (AST) on SCWT tasks, and report lower levels of anxiety and perceived workloads. Finally, we also predicted that stress and anxiety would correlate with SCWT performance and perceived workloads. Participants and Methods: The sample consisted of 152 Mexican nationals living in Mexico. Our sample was divided into two groups: NST group and AST group. Participants completed all the subtests of the SCWT (i.e., Word, Color, Color-Word), Perceived Stress Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) in Spanish. The Perceived Stress Scale was used to create our stress groups. Next, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was used in the present study to evaluate if anxiety influenced SCWT performance between our stress groups. Furthermore, the NASA-TLX was completed after each SCWT subtest and it was utilized to evaluate perceived workloads. Independent Sample T-tests were used to evaluate SCWT tasks differences. Meanwhile, ANCOVAs were used to evaluate anxiety and assess perceived workloads on each subtest of the SCWT between our stress groups. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to evaluate the relationship of anxiety and stress on subtests of the SCWT and perceived workloads. All participants passed performance validity testing. Results: NST group outperformed the AST group on all three SCWT tasks and reported lower levels of anxiety, p’s<.05. Regarding perceived workloads, the NST group reported the SCWT word task to be more physically demanding compared to the AST group, p=.047, ηp²=.03. Next, the NST group reported to perform better on the SCWT color task compared to the AST group, p=.020, ηp²=.04. Furthermore, on the SCWT color-word task, the NST reported the task to be more temporally demanding compared to the AST group, p=.024, ηp²=.03. Pearson’s correlation coefficient revealed that the NST group’s current anxiety significantly correlated with SCWT word performance and perceived mental demand, r’s² = -.22 - .22, p’s<.05. We also found that their current anxiety significantly correlated with SCWT color performance, perceived temporal demand, and overall subjective workload, r’s² = -.36 - .34, p’s<.05. Lastly, the NST group’s anxiety significantly correlated with SCWT color-word performance, and perceived temporal demand and performance, r’s² = -.22 - .33, p’s<.05. However, the AST group’s anxiety significantly correlated with several NASA-TLX perceived workloads on all subtests of the SCWT, r’s² = .10 - .48, p’s<.05. Conclusions: The findings of the present study demonstrate that abnormal levels of stress influences SCWT performance. Additionally, our data suggest that anxiety and stress correlated with better SCWT performance and provided better insight into SCWT tasks perceived workloads in persons with NST. Future research should explore if other variables (e.g., acculturation, time perspective) can be driving the relationship between stress and anxiety on SCWT tasks and perceived workloads among not only Mexicans, but also Spanish speakers across Latin-America.

Poster

02/17/2024
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
Room: Shubert Complex (Posters 1-60)

Poster Session 11: Cultural Neuropsychology | Education/Training | Professional Practice Issues

Final Abstract #58

Exploring Stress, Anxiety, and Stroop Color Word Test Performance in a Mexican Population

Walter Daniel Lopez Hernandez, UC San Diego Health, San Diego, United States
Natalie Gevoglanian, Alliant International University, Los Angeles, United States
Raymundo Cervantes, The Lundquist Institute, Torrance, United States
Isabel Muñoz, CSU Northridge, Northridge, United States

Category: Executive Functions/Frontal Lobes

Keyword 1: anxiety
Keyword 2: executive functions
Keyword 3: multiculturalism

Objective:

We evaluated if Stroop Color Word Test (SCWT) performance, perceived stress and perceived workloads was associated with anxiety. It was predicted that persons with normal stress traits (NST) would outperform persons with abnormal stress traits (AST) on SCWT tasks, and report lower levels of anxiety and perceived workloads. Finally, we also predicted that stress and anxiety would correlate with SCWT performance and perceived workloads.

Participants and Methods:

The sample consisted of 152 Mexican nationals living in Mexico. Our sample was divided into two groups: NST group and AST group. Participants completed all the subtests of the SCWT (i.e., Word, Color, Color-Word), Perceived Stress Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) in Spanish. The Perceived Stress Scale was used to create our stress groups. Next, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was used in the present study to evaluate if anxiety influenced SCWT performance between our stress groups. Furthermore, the NASA-TLX was completed after each SCWT subtest and it was utilized to evaluate perceived workloads. Independent Sample T-tests were used to evaluate SCWT tasks differences. Meanwhile, ANCOVAs were used to evaluate anxiety and assess perceived workloads on each subtest of the SCWT between our stress groups. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to evaluate the relationship of anxiety and stress on subtests of the SCWT and perceived workloads. All participants passed performance validity testing.

Results:

NST group outperformed the AST group on all three SCWT tasks and reported lower levels of anxiety, p’s<.05. Regarding perceived workloads, the NST group reported the SCWT word task to be more physically demanding compared to the AST group, p=.047, ηp²=.03. Next, the NST group reported to perform better on the SCWT color task compared to the AST group, p=.020, ηp²=.04. Furthermore, on the SCWT color-word task, the NST reported the task to be more temporally demanding compared to the AST group, p=.024, ηp²=.03. Pearson’s correlation coefficient revealed that the NST group’s current anxiety significantly correlated with SCWT word performance and perceived mental demand, r’s² = -.22 - .22, p’s<.05. We also found that their current anxiety significantly correlated with SCWT color performance, perceived temporal demand, and overall subjective workload, r’s² = -.36 - .34, p’s<.05. Lastly, the NST group’s anxiety significantly correlated with SCWT color-word performance, and perceived temporal demand and performance, r’s² = -.22 - .33, p’s<.05. However, the AST group’s anxiety significantly correlated with several NASA-TLX perceived workloads on all subtests of the SCWT, r’s² = .10 - .48, p’s<.05.

Conclusions:

The findings of the present study demonstrate that abnormal levels of stress influences SCWT performance. Additionally, our data suggest that anxiety and stress correlated with better SCWT performance and provided better insight into SCWT tasks perceived workloads in persons with NST. Future research should explore if other variables (e.g., acculturation, time perspective) can be driving the relationship between stress and anxiety on SCWT tasks and perceived workloads among not only Mexicans, but also Spanish speakers across Latin-America.