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Wood AC, Momin SR, Senn MK, Bridgett DJ. Context Matters: Preliminary Evidence That the Association between Positive Affect and Adiposity in Infancy Varies in Social vs. Non-Social Situations. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14122391. [PMID: 35745120 PMCID: PMC9227739 DOI: 10.3390/nu14122391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Previous studies have suggested that infants high in negative affect have higher levels of adiposity, arising in part via changes in nutrition (e.g., “feeding to soothe”). Few studies have examined whether positive affect shows similar or inverse associations with adiposity. The current study examined cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between adiposity and observations of positive affect in both a social and a non-social context, using data from infants at four (n = 125) and 12 (n = 80) months of age. Our analyses did not find any cross-sectional associations between positive affect and adiposity (all p > 0.05). However, in the longitudinal analyses, positive affect in a non-social context, when observed at four months of age, was positively associated with weight-for-length at 12 months of age (zWFL; ß = 1.49, SE = 0.67, p = 0.03), while positive affect observed at four months of age in a social context was inversely associated with body fat percentage at 12 months of age (ß = −11.41, SE = 5.44, p = 0.04). These findings provide preliminary evidence that the p positive affect is related to adiposity in infancy and suggest that the direction of association (i.e., direct or inverse) may be specific to the context in which positive affect is measured. Future research should examine the role of nutritional status in any relationships between adiposity and emotion at this early stage.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexis C. Wood
- USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, 1100 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (S.R.M.); (M.K.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +713-798-7055
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- USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, 1100 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (S.R.M.); (M.K.S.)
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- USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, 1100 Bates Avenue, Houston, TX 77030, USA; (S.R.M.); (M.K.S.)
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- Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA;
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Suchy Y, Brothers S, Mullen CM, Niermeyer MA. Chronic versus recent expressive suppression burdens are differentially associated with cognitive performance among older adults. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2020; 42:834-848. [PMID: 32951515 DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2020.1817862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Introduction: Expressive suppression (ES; suppression of affective behavior) has been shown to have a deleterious impact on subsequently administered tests of executive functions (EF), threatening validity, and reliability of EF assessment. Past research has shown that recent ES (i.e., across 24 hours prior to testing) and chronic ES (i.e., across 2 weeks prior to testing) have differential impact on test performance. The present study compared the association of chronic vs. recent ES with speed vs. accuracy of performance on tests of EF and tests of lower-order processes. METHOD Participants were 255 community-dwelling older adults aged 60 and older. Participants completed timed subtests of the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System and the Burden of State Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. RESULTS Hierarchical linear regressions examined the contributions of chronic vs. recent ES to test performance. Recent ES was related to scores of both speed and accuracy on EF tests. The association between recent ES and EF errors held beyond covariates (i.e., chronic ES, demographics, depression, and general cognitive status). In contrast, the association between recent ES and EF speed was fully explained by EF error scores. Chronic ES was associated only with speed of performance and only on lower-order tasks, but this relationship did not survive correction for cognitive, psychiatric, and demographic factors. CONCLUSIONS Recent ES appears to be a risk factor for EF lapses. Chronic ES, while related to performance speed, seems to also relate to several other cognitive, psychiatric, and demographic factors, which themselves explain slower information processing.
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- Yana Suchy
- Department of Psychology, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Fox AT, Martin LE, Bruce J, Moreno JL, Staggs VS, Lee HS, Goggin K, Harris KJ, Richter K, Patten C, Catley D. Executive function fails to predict smoking outcomes in a clinical trial to motivate smokers to quit. Drug Alcohol Depend 2017; 175:227-231. [PMID: 28458075 PMCID: PMC5425305 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.01.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Revised: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 01/15/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Executive function (EF) is considered an important mediator of health outcomes. It is hypothesized that those with better EF are more likely to succeed in turning their intentions into actual health behaviors. Prior studies indicate EF is associated with smoking cessation. Experimental and longitudinal studies, however, have yielded mixed results. Few studies have examined whether EF predicts post-treatment smoking behavior. Fewer still have done so prospectively in a large trial. We sought to determine if EF predicts quit attempts and cessation among community smokers in a large randomized trial evaluating the efficacy of motivational interventions for encouraging cessation. METHODS Participants (N=255) completed a baseline assessment that included a cognitive battery to assess EF (Oral Trail Making Test B, Stroop, Controlled Oral Word Association Test). Participants were then randomized to 4 sessions of Motivational Interviewing or Health Education or one session of Brief Advice to quit. Quit attempts and cessation were assessed at weeks 12 and 26. RESULTS In regression analyses, none of the EF measures were statistically significant predictors of quit attempts or cessation (all ps>0.20). CONCLUSIONS Our data did not support models of health behavior that emphasize EF as a mediator of health outcomes. Methodological shortcomings weaken the existing support for an association between EF and smoking behavior. We suggest methodological improvements that could help move this potentially important area of research forward.
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- Andrew T Fox
- Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
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- Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Missouri - Kansas City, 5030 Cherry Hall, Room 313, Kansas City, MO, 64110, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio,7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
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- Health Services and Outcomes Research, Children's Mercy Kansas City,2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA; School of Medicine, University of Missouri - Kansas City,2411 Holmes Street Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Tacoma, 1900 Commerce St, Tacoma, WA 98402-3100, USA
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- Health Services and Outcomes Research, Children's Mercy Kansas City,2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA; School of Medicine, University of Missouri - Kansas City,2411 Holmes Street Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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- School of Public and Community Health Sciences, University of Montana,Skaggs Building Room 352, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Center for Children's Healthy Lifestyles and Nutrition, Children's Mercy Kansas City,2401 Gillham Rd., Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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Davis AS, Finch WH, Drapeau C, Nogin M, E. Moss L, Moore B. Predicting verbal fluency using Word Reading: Implications for premorbid functioning. APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY-ADULT 2016; 23:403-10. [DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2016.1163262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Andrew S. Davis
- Department of Educational Psychology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA
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- Department of Educational Psychology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA
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- Department of Educational Psychology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA
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- Department of Educational Psychology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA
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- Department of Educational Psychology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA
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- Department of Educational Psychology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA
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Ribeiro O, Grencho D, do Carmo I, Paiva T, Figueira L, Horácio G. Characterization of Executive Functioning in a Portuguese Sample of Candidates for Bariatric Surgery. PSYCHOLOGY, COMMUNITY & HEALTH 2015. [DOI: 10.5964/pch.v4i2.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Aim The prevalence of obesity has been steadily increasing and is a major worldwide public health problem. It is associated with multiple medical and psychological conditions and recent research supports a link to several cognitive deficit domains, including executive functioning. The aim of this article is to describe socio-demographic, clinical and neuropsychological characteristics of a sample of candidates for bariatric surgery (BS) and to compare their performance with normative values. Method Between May 2012 and May 2013 we evaluated the neuropsychological performance of 42 patient candidates for BS at the Morbid Obesity Consultation at Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte (CHLN). Results The population was predominantly female and education was equally distributed between basic, secondary and tertiary levels. The neuropsychological results showed a significant decrease on Recall (p < .01), Learning (p < .10), Nonverbal Memory (p < .001), Cognitive Flexibility (p < .01) and Resistance to Interference (p < .05). Conclusion Despite the limitations inherent to a small sample, the results obtained in the Portuguese population coincide with those of earlier studies; namely that obesity differentially effects instrumental functions.
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