Comparing the selective attention among individuals with symptoms of antisocial personality disorder, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and normal individuals

Document Type : Original Article

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psychology, semnan university, semnan, iran

Abstract

Introduction:Cognitive science examines the nature and processes of attention by using different assignments. The purpose of this study was to compare the selective attention among persons with symptoms of antisocial personality disorder, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and normal individuals.
Method: In this research, 400 female students were randomly selected and completed the computer version of the Millon Questionnaire. Then, based on the criteria for admission, three groups of antisocial personality disorder, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and normal subjects were selected. Consequentlythe Selected Attention Test was performed on all participants and data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance.
Results: Results were shown significant difference in the efficiency of the focus (KL) between obsessive-compulsive personality and normal groups, with lower means for obsessive-compulsive personality group. In relation to the elimination error, the difference between the obsessive-compulsive personality group and the anti-social personality group was significant and obsessive-compulsive personality subjects had a oversimplified elimination error. The difference between obsessive-compulsive personality and normal groups was significant in elimination error and obsessive-compulsive individuals had more elimination errors.
Conclusion: Based on the findings, dysfunction of selective attention was associated with symptoms of personality disorder, investigating the neurological basis of the process of attention and processing of social stimuli in antisocial personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is recommended for future research in this field.

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 1- Groome D. An introduction to cognitive psychology: Processes and disorders: Psychology Press. 2013.
2- Tagar MR, Federico CM, Halperin E. The positive effect of negative emotions in protracted conflict: The case of anger. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 2011; 47(1): 157-64.
3- Sternberg RJ. Cognitive Psychology. Thomson Wadsworth. Belmont, CA. 2006.
4- Avisar A. Which behavioral and personality characteristics are associated with difficulties in selective attention? Journal of attention disorders. 2011; 15(5): 357-67.
5- Fournier-Vicente S, Larigauderie P, Gaonac’h D. More dissociations and interactions within central executive functioning: A comprehensive latent-variable analysis. Acta psychologica. 2008; 129(1): 32-48.
6- Yovel I, Revelle W, Mineka S. Who sees trees before forest? The obsessive-compulsive style of visual attention. Psychological science. 2005; 16(2): 123-9.
7- Breeze JMB, Kirkham AJ, Marí-Beffa P. Evidence of reduced selective attention in schizotypal personality disorder. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology. 2011; 33(7): 776-84.
8- Association D-AP. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Arlington: American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013.
9- Fertuck EA, Lenzenweger MF, Clarkin JF, Hoermann S, Stanley B. Executive neurocognition, memory systems, and borderline personality disorder. Clinical Psychology Review. 2006; 26(3): 346-75.
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12- Nejati  V NH, Zabihzadeh  A, Rashidi  M. A study of theory of mind and empathy in convicts of penal courts:Evidences from reading the mind test through eye image. journal of Social Cognition. 2014; 3(2).
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14- Krusemark EA, Kiehl KA, Newman JP. Endogenous attention modulates early selective attention in psychopathy: An ERP investigation. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. 2016; 16(5): 779-88.
15- Jutai JW, Hare RD. Psychopathy and Selective Attention During Performance of a Complex Perceptual‐Motor Task. Psychophysiology. 1983; 20(2): 146-51.
16- Shin NY, Kang D-H, Choi J-S, Jung MH, Jang JH, Kwon JS. Do organizational strategies mediate nonverbal memory impairment in drug-naïve patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder? Neuropsychology. 2010; 24(4): 527.
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18- Eisen JL, Coles ME, Shea MT, Pagano ME, Stout RL, Yen S, et al. Clarifying the convergence between obsessive compulsive personality disorder criteria and obsessive compulsive disorder. Journal of personality disorders. 2006; 20(3): 294-305.
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Journal of Clinical Psychology
Volume 9, Issue 3 - Serial Number 35
December 2017
Pages 67-74

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  • Receive Date: 16 November 2016
  • Accept Date: 24 December 2017

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