Journal article
Executive function as a predictor of inattentive behavior after traumatic brain injury
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, v 11(4), pp 434-445
Jul 2005
PMID: 16209424
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Abstract
Emerging evidence from recent studies using laboratory and
naturalistic attention tasks suggests that individuals with traumatic
brain injury (TBI) may have a deficit mainly in strategic control of
attention. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that inattentive
behavior after TBI could be predicted by performance on psychometric
measures of executive function. A group of 37 individuals with moderate to
severe TBI were assessed with previously validated naturalistic measures
of attention. A battery of neuropsychological tests was also administered
to assess various aspects of executive function. Seven measures of
executive function and 10 variables reflecting inattentive behavior were
combined to form 1 executive and 3 inattentive behavior (IB) composite
scores. Three predictors (executive composite, current disability scores,
and age) were associated, at the univariate level, with one of the IB
composites reflecting frequency and duration of off-task episodes. A
stepwise multiple regression procedure indicated that the executive
composite was the only significant predictor of the IB composite.
Additional post-hoc regression analyses suggested that the
relationship was not likely to be mediated by processing speed. The
current study supports the hypothesis that executive function, measured by
commonly used neuropsychological tests, significantly predicts certain
aspects of inattentive behavior in real-world tasks after TBI.
(JINS, 2005, 11, 434–445.)
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- Title
- Executive function as a predictor of inattentive behavior after traumatic brain injury
- Creators
- JUNGHOON Kim - Einstein Healthcare NetworkJOHN Whyte - Einstein Healthcare NetworkTESSA Hart - Einstein Healthcare NetworkMONICA Vaccaro - Einstein Healthcare NetworkMARCIA Polansky - Drexel UniversityH. BRANCH Coslett - Einstein Healthcare NetworkJinWon Kim - Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Publication Details
- Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, v 11(4), pp 434-445
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 12
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]; Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000230742400011
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-23844557825
- Other Identifier
- 991019168999304721
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