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S J Lopez1, J J Ryan, S W Sumerall
1Psychology and Research in Education, 619 Pearson Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA. sjlopez@ukans.edu
Abstract:
The associations of demographic variables with cognitive performance, as measured by the MicroCog ability domain scores, were assessed with 222 substance abusers who were patients in a VA medical center. Analysis indicated that age was negatively related to all five outcomes scores, and education was positively related to measures assessing Attention/Mental Control and Reasoning/Calculation. These findings are consistent with past theoretical and applied research. The demographic variables, as a group, accounted for a total of 17% to 37% of the variance in the five domain scores.
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