The present study examined attentional networks performance in 39 adolescents with dysfunctional person- ality traits, split into two group, Group 10 and Group C 10, according to the number of criteria they met at the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Personality Disorders. The attentional performance has been tested by means of a modified version of the Atten- tional Network Test (ANTI-V) which allows testing both phasic and tonic components of the alerting system, the exogenous aspect of the orienting system, the executive network and their interactions. Results showed that the orienting costs of having an invalid spatial cue were reduced in the Group C 10 criteria compared to the Group 10. Moreover, adolescents included in the Group C 10 showed lower conflict when attention was cued to the target location (valid trials) but showed normal interference when there was no overpowering focus of attention (invalid trials). The results found with ANOVA after splitting the sample into two categorical groups were also observed in a complementary correlation analysis keeping intact the continuous nature of such variables. These findings are consistent with the notion that dys- functional features of personality disorders may represent the psychological manifestations of a neuropsychological abnormality in attention and executive functioning. Finally, we discuss the implications of this attentional anomaly for dysfunctional personality traits and behaviour.

Dysfunctional personality traits in adolescence: effects on alerting, orienting and executive control of attention / Casagrande, Maria; Marotta, Andrea; Canepone, Valeria; Spagna, Alfredo; Rosa, Caterina; Dimaggio, Giancarlo; Pasini, Augusto. - In: COGNITIVE PROCESSING. - ISSN 1612-4782. - STAMPA. - 18:2(2017), pp. 183-193. [10.1007/s10339-017-0797-6]

Dysfunctional personality traits in adolescence: effects on alerting, orienting and executive control of attention

CASAGRANDE, Maria
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MAROTTA, ANDREA
Secondo
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2017

Abstract

The present study examined attentional networks performance in 39 adolescents with dysfunctional person- ality traits, split into two group, Group 10 and Group C 10, according to the number of criteria they met at the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Personality Disorders. The attentional performance has been tested by means of a modified version of the Atten- tional Network Test (ANTI-V) which allows testing both phasic and tonic components of the alerting system, the exogenous aspect of the orienting system, the executive network and their interactions. Results showed that the orienting costs of having an invalid spatial cue were reduced in the Group C 10 criteria compared to the Group 10. Moreover, adolescents included in the Group C 10 showed lower conflict when attention was cued to the target location (valid trials) but showed normal interference when there was no overpowering focus of attention (invalid trials). The results found with ANOVA after splitting the sample into two categorical groups were also observed in a complementary correlation analysis keeping intact the continuous nature of such variables. These findings are consistent with the notion that dys- functional features of personality disorders may represent the psychological manifestations of a neuropsychological abnormality in attention and executive functioning. Finally, we discuss the implications of this attentional anomaly for dysfunctional personality traits and behaviour.
2017
Attention network test; attentional networks; cognitive control; exogenous orienting; personality disorders; experimental and cognitive psychology; cognitive neuroscience; artificial intelligence
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Dysfunctional personality traits in adolescence: effects on alerting, orienting and executive control of attention / Casagrande, Maria; Marotta, Andrea; Canepone, Valeria; Spagna, Alfredo; Rosa, Caterina; Dimaggio, Giancarlo; Pasini, Augusto. - In: COGNITIVE PROCESSING. - ISSN 1612-4782. - STAMPA. - 18:2(2017), pp. 183-193. [10.1007/s10339-017-0797-6]
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