Assessment of Executive Functions in Social Phobia Patients Using the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Topcuoglu V., Fistikci N., Ekinci O., Gonentur A. G., Agouridas B. C.

TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI, vol.20, no.4, pp.322-331, 2009 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 20 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Journal Name: TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.322-331
  • Keywords: Social phobia, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, executive functions, working memory, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, ANXIETY DISORDERS, PANIC DISORDER, PERSEVERATIVE ERRORS, DEPRESSION, ATTENTION, DEFICITS, PERFORMANCE, STRESS, IMPACT
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective. Problem solving and adjusting responses according to feedback are among the executive functions that may be impaired in social phobia patients. The objective of this study was to compare social phobia patients' Wisconsin Card Sorting Test scores with those of controls; thus, our aim was to examine executive functions in social phobia patients.