The topic of chapter 8 was Alcohol and Drugs from a neural perspective. The article I found was entitled “Reduced cognitive ability in alcohol dependence: Examining the role of covarying externalizing psychopathology.” This study aimed to study alcohol dependence, referred to as AD, and its effects on reducing cognitive ability and other externalizing disorders. There were a total of 477 participants in the study with a varied history of externalizing disorders. Externalizing disorders are defined as conduct, antisocial behavior and substance problems. Researchers looked at short-term memory, conditional associative learning, intelligence, and working memory capacity. The subsample had 285 participants that were diagnosed with AD by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders diagnosis. Data analyses showed that participants that had both a history of childhood conduct disorder (CCD) and alcohol dependence scored lower on cognitive measures when compared with those who had alcohol dependence and no history of childhood conduct disorder. Models showed that latent externalizing factor predicted reduced cognitive ability. The study also found that alcohol dependent participants had an externalizing factor associated with cognitive ability.
Finn, P. R., Rickert, M. E., Miller, M. A., Lucas, J., Bogg, T., Bobova, L., & Cantrell, H. (2009). Reduced cognitive ability in alcohol dependence: Examining the role of covarying externalizing psychopathology. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118(1), 100-116. doi:10.1037/a0014656
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