Date of Award
Summer 8-12-2014
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Lindsey L. Cohen, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Erin Tone, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Lisa Armistead, Ph.D.
Fourth Advisor
Christopher Henrich, Ph.D.
Fifth Advisor
Thomas Burns, Psy.D.
Abstract
Research indicates that youths with SCD experience increased levels of pain-related anxiety and executive functioning impairments, even in the absence of stroke. Research also indicates that pain and anxiety predict executive functioning and that anxiety might mediate the relation between pain and executive functioning difficulties. The current study sought to evaluate the direct associations among pain, anxiety, and executive functioning, and to examine whether anxiety mediates the relation between pain and specific executive functioning impairments in a sample of youths (age 10 to 19 years) with SCD with no history of stroke. Findings did not support the hypothesis that pain-crisis frequency and anxiety predict executive functioning. Further, they did not indicate that anxiety mediated the relation between pain-crisis frequency and executive functioning.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/5984772
Recommended Citation
Bearden, Donald J. M.A., "The Impact of Pain on Executive Functioning via Anxiety in Youths with Sickle Cell Disease without a History of Stroke." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2014.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/5984772