Aliza P. Wingo|Negar Fani|Bekh Bradley|Kerry J. Ressler
Psychological resilience and neurocognitive performance in a traumatized community sample
Emory University|Georgia State University|Atlanta VA Medical Center|Emory University|Emory University|Howard Hughes Medical Institute
whether psychological resilience correlates neurocognitive performance largely unknown therefore assessed association neurocognitive performance resilience individuals history childhood abuse trauma exposurein crosssectional study 226 highly traumatized civilians assessed neurocognitive performance history childhood abuse trauma exposure current depressive ptsd symptoms resilience defined 1 trauma current depressive ptsd symptoms nonresilience 1 trauma current moderatesevere depressive ptsd symptomsthe nonresilient group higher percentage unemployment p006 previous suicide attempts p0001 resilient group groups comparable education performance verbal reasoning nonverbal reasoning verbal memory however resilient group performed better nonverbal memory p016 effect size 35 additionally severe childhood abuse trauma exposure significantly associated nonresilience better nonverbal memory significantly associated resilience even adjusting severity childhood abuse trauma exposure sex race using multiple logistic regression adjusted or12 p017we examined resilience absence psychopathology despite trauma exposure highly traumatized low socioeconomic urban population resilience significantly associated better nonverbal memory measure ability code store visually recognize concrete abstract pictorial stimuli nonverbal memory may proxy emotional learning often dysregulated stressrelated psychopathology may contribute understanding resilience