Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2016.1155991
Title: Cognitive flexibility and changes in hopelessness across time: A moderation hypothesis
Authors: Yu, Junhong 
Lee, Tatia MC
Keywords: Science & Technology
Social Sciences
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Clinical Neurology
Psychology
Neurosciences & Neurology
Aging
cognitive flexibility
elderly
loneliness
Stroop
PREFRONTAL CORTEX
DEPRESSION
CHINESE
SCALE
PESSIMISM
IDEATION
TASKS
OLDER
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2017
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Citation: Yu, Junhong, Lee, Tatia MC (2017-01-01). Cognitive flexibility and changes in hopelessness across time: A moderation hypothesis. APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY-ADULT 24 (5) : 404-409. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2016.1155991
Abstract: © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Prior literature has suggested that cognitive flexibility is implicated in the feeling of hopelessness. However, studies on the nature of their relationship have been scarce. This study posits a moderation hypothesis on the relationship between cognitive flexibility and hopelessness. A total of 78 elderly participants (Mage = 70, SD = 6.1) were administered a self-report measure of hopelessness across two time points approximately 10 months apart and a measure of cognitive flexibility. We hypothesized that baseline hopelessness scores would moderate the relationship between cognitive flexibility and hopelessness scores 10 months later. Specifically, among the high baseline hopelessness group, we predicted that cognitively flexible participants would report lower hopelessness scores 10 months later. However, for the low baseline hopelessness group, cognitive flexibility would be unrelated to hopelessness scores 10 months later. The results of a bootstrapped moderation analysis controlling for age, sex, education, and general cognitive status supported our moderation hypothesis and predictions. These findings reveal the complex nature of the relationship between cognitive flexibility and hopelessness. The implications of these findings in the wider clinical context were discussed.
Source Title: APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY-ADULT
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/173591
ISSN: 23279095
23279109
DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2016.1155991
Appears in Collections:Elements
Staff Publications

Show full item record
Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormatAccess SettingsVersion 
CogHopeACCEPTED.pdfAccepted version260.05 kBAdobe PDF

OPEN

Post-printView/Download

Google ScholarTM

Check

Altmetric


Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.