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Modeling the Relationship Between Impairment of Executive Function on problem-solving strategies in major depressed patient: The mediating role of overgeneral autobiographical memory

Document Type : Original article

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1 Ph.D. student of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 Professor of Psychology, Payam Noor university, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor of Psychology, Payam Noor university,Tehran,Iran

Abstract

Introduction: The present study, with emphasis on CaR-FA-X Williams model, investigates the intermediate role of over-general autobiographical memory on the relationship between impairment executive functions with ineffective problem-solving in depressed people.Methods: For this purpose, 56 subjects with major depression by sampling method during the period from April to September 2017 were selected . For data collection, after diagnosis of major depression by a psychologist, Autobiographical Memory Test, a problem-solving problem test and a Wisconsin card software were used. To analyze the research data using SPSS and IMOS software and path analysis method, structural equation modeling was used.Results: The results showed that the direct effect of executive function on problem solving with a value of 0/283 is not significant at the level of 0/05. The indirect effect of executive function on problem solving with a value of 0/130 is significant at the level of 0/05. The total effect of the executive function on problem solving is 0/413, which is significant at the level of 0/05. Therefore, due to the insignificant direct and significant effects of indirect effect, oral memory is a general mediator variable in the effect between the executive function on problem solving.Conclusion:Therefore, the present study, confirmed by the Williams CaR-FA-X model, showed that depressed people, due to their negative mood, and impairment in executive functions, have a particular problem in restoring their memoirs, and this is a problem in retrieval, solving problems It also affects their problems and makes them produce less effective solutions. Therefore, more generative of autobiographcal memory as a mediating mechanism in the relationship between impairment in executive function and ineffective problem-solving in depressed people.

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Neuropsychology
Volume 4, Issue 12 - Serial Number 12
June 2018
Pages 45-60
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