Journal article
Information processing in chronic fatigue syndrome: A preliminary investigation of suggestibility
Journal of psychosomatic research, Vol.51(5), pp.679-686
2001
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/117882
PMID: 11728509
Abstract
This study examines the effects of certain types of information processing on the subjective experience of cognitive deficits in persons with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Two groups of participants, persons with CFS and a group of healthy controls, were administered a symptom inventory and measures of intellectual functioning, memory, automatic processing, and suggestibility. The groups differed significantly on number and severity of reported symptoms and on measures of global suggestibility and automatic processing, but not on measures of intellectual functioning and memory. Suggestibility was related to number and severity of reported symptoms, as well as the inability to inhibit the automatic processing of information. Implications of these findings are discussed, as well as directions for future research and treatment of symptoms associated with CFS.
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- Title
- Information processing in chronic fatigue syndrome: A preliminary investigation of suggestibility
- Creators
- Jeannie D DiClementi - Department of Psychology, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO, USAKaren B Schmaling - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAJames F Jones - Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO, USA
- Publication Details
- Journal of psychosomatic research, Vol.51(5), pp.679-686
- Academic Unit
- Medical Education and Clinical Science, Department of; Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Identifiers
- 99900547821001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article