TITLE:
Assessment of Stress Cognitive Control and Executive Function with Stress Control Rating Scale (ECOSTRESS) and Low Resolution Brain Electromagnetic Tomography (LORETA) (In Portuguese People in Situations of Unemployment and Economic Insufficiency)
AUTHORS:
Eduardo Gonçalves, Marco Moniz, Saul Neves Jesus
KEYWORDS:
Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Mania, Economic Insufficiency, Executive Function, Anterior Cingulate Cortex, Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex, Stress Control Rating Scale (ECOSTRESS), Low Resolution Brain Electromagnetic Tomography (LORETA), Neurofeedback
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Psychiatry,
Vol.6 No.2,
March
31,
2016
ABSTRACT: This article reviews the
constructs of stress, appraisal, coping, according to a transactional
perspective, and executive function, and presents a stress control rating scale
(ECOSTRESS), which design is founded in these constructs. This psychometric
tool is useful in the assessment of cognitive control of stress, correlated
with the function of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. It has been validated for
its use in the assessment of Portuguese people in situations of stress related
to unemployment and economic insufficiency. Also, within the context of the
cognitive control of stress, it is highlighted the usefulness of low resolution
brain electromagnetic tomography (LORETA).