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  • Neuropsychology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Adult Development

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  • Middle-aged adults face numerous environmental demands requiring effective solutions.
  • Executive functions and coping strategies are crucial for navigating these challenges.
  • Understanding this relationship offers insights into adult cognitive and emotional adaptation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the relationship between executive function (planning, flexible organization) and adaptive coping strategies (ACS) in adults aged 43-52.
  • To explore potential sex differences in this relationship.
  • To provide a neuropsychological characterization with ecological validity.

Main Methods:

  • 104 participants (52 men, 52 women) aged 43-52 with no relevant medical history.
  • Assessed executive functions using the Tower of London(DX) (TOL(DX)) and Wisconsin Card-Sorting Test (WCST).
  • Measured coping strategies using the Coping Strategies Inventory.

Main Results:

  • A link was found between WCST performance (errors, conceptual level) and Problem-Solving ACS.
  • In men, WCST correlated negatively with Emotional Expression ACS.
  • In women, WCST and TOL(DX) dimensions related to Emotional Expression ACS, Problem-Solving ACS, and Social Withdrawal (maladaptive).

Conclusions:

  • The relationship between executive functioning and ACS is multidimensional, complex, and sex-dependent.
  • Flexible organization of executive function is confirmed to relate to Problem-Solving ACS.
  • Findings contribute to the neuropsychological understanding of executive function and coping in midlife adults.