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Cognitive dysorganization, prospective memory, and planning

Dean, Janet Blevins
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1059929529

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2003, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Psychology.
This study explored the proposition that persons high in ‘cognitive dysorganization,’ as assessed by the Sense of Personal Disorganization Scale (SPDS), would show both poorer prospective memory and planning performance, especially in the absence of external memory cues. Cognitive dysorganization also was expected to affect planning performance above and beyond the effects of executive functioning, anxiety, and attentional deficits. As understood here, cognitive dysorganization refers to the extent that one’s overall cognitive functioning is deficient in the coherence, structure, and guidance essential to the achievement of intended aims and aspirations. Recruited from introductory psychology students in the upper and lower thirds of SPDS score distribution, 144 high and 158 low cognitive dysorganization participants, seen individually, were given rules for performing the Six Elements Task. Participants in the instruction only condition were asked to formulate a plan for task completion. Participants in the instruction plus cue condition were asked to formulate a plan and to use an outline of the plan during task completion. Participants in the no instruction condition were not told to formulate a plan. All participants then completed several behavioral measures of executive functioning, self-report questionnaires about anxiety and attentional deficits, and a personal information questionnaire. Participants were to initiate the Six Elements Task at a certain cue and execute their plan, if they had formulated one. Results largely failed to support the proposition that cognitive dysorganization is associated with difficulties in prospective memory and planning, even in the absence of external prompting cues; however, cognitive dysorganization was found to be positively correlated with committing rule violations during plan execution. Results also failed to support the proposition that cognitive dysorganization contributed to planning performance above and beyond the effects of executive functioning, anxiety, and attentional deficits.
Herbert Mirels (Advisor)
146 p.
cognitive dysorganization; prospective memory; planfulness; planning; Six Elements Task; attention

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  • Dean, J. B. (2003). Cognitive dysorganization, prospective memory, and planning [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1059929529

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dean, Janet. Cognitive dysorganization, prospective memory, and planning. 2003. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1059929529.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dean, Janet. "Cognitive dysorganization, prospective memory, and planning." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1059929529

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