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  • 1Medical Psychology Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama 35294-4551, USA.

Perceptual and Motor Skills
|April 8, 1998
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Defensive response sets in patients with lung disease can mask the link between emotional well-being and verbal memory. This impacts how accurately self-reported emotional functioning predicts cognitive performance.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Neuropsychology
  • Medical Psychology

Background:

  • Self-report measures are crucial for assessing emotional functioning.
  • Cognitive deficits, especially in verbal memory, are common in patients with chronic diseases.
  • Defensive response sets may influence the validity of self-reported data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if defensive responding attenuates the relationship between self-reported emotional functioning and cognitive performance.
  • To examine this effect specifically on verbal memory in patients with end-stage lung disease.
  • To replicate previous findings in a cardiac disease population.

Main Methods:

  • 75 patients with end-stage lung disease underwent psychosocial evaluation for transplantation.

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  • The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and a cognitive test battery were administered.
  • Patients were categorized into defensive and nondefensive groups based on the MMPI F - K Gough Dissimulation index.

    • Main Results:

    • A significant negative correlation was found between MMPI Scales 2 and 7 and verbal memory functioning in the nondefensive group.
    • This association was not significant in the defensive group, indicating an attenuated relationship.
    • The findings suggest that defensive responding limits the range of symptom endorsement, affecting correlations.

    Conclusions:

    • Defensive self-report response sets can obscure the relationship between emotional functioning and verbal memory.
    • This phenomenon has implications for the interpretation of self-report data in clinical and research settings.
    • The results support previous research in cardiac patients, highlighting a consistent pattern across different medical populations.