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The role of executive functions, social cognition and intelligence in predicting social adaptation of vulnerable populations
This study sought to evaluate the roles of and interactions between cognitive processes that have been shown to exhibit impact from socioeconomic status (SES) and living conditions in predicting social adaptation (SA) in a population of adults living in socially vulnerable conditions. Participants i...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9636196/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36333437 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21985-9 |
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author | Schulte, M. Trujillo, N. Rodríguez-Villagra, O. A. Salas, N. Ibañez, A. Carriedo, N. Huepe, D. |
author_facet | Schulte, M. Trujillo, N. Rodríguez-Villagra, O. A. Salas, N. Ibañez, A. Carriedo, N. Huepe, D. |
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description | This study sought to evaluate the roles of and interactions between cognitive processes that have been shown to exhibit impact from socioeconomic status (SES) and living conditions in predicting social adaptation (SA) in a population of adults living in socially vulnerable conditions. Participants included 226 people between the ages of 18 and 60 who have been living in vulnerable contexts throughout life in Santiago, Chile. Data was collected through a battery of psychological assessments. A structural equation model (SEM) was implemented to examine the interrelationships among cognitive and social variables. Results indicate a significant relationship between executive function (EF) and SA through both social cognition (SC) and intelligence. Theory of Mind (ToM), a component of SC, was shown to exhibit a significant relationship with affective empathy; interestingly, this was negatively related to SA. Moreover, fluid intelligence (FI) was found to exhibit a positive, indirect relationship with SA through crystallized intelligence (CI). Evaluation of these results in the context of research on the impacts of SES and vulnerable living conditions on psychological function may allow for the development of more effective clinical, political, and social interventions to support psychosocial health among socially vulnerable populations. |
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spelling | pubmed-96361962022-11-06 The role of executive functions, social cognition and intelligence in predicting social adaptation of vulnerable populations Schulte, M. Trujillo, N. Rodríguez-Villagra, O. A. Salas, N. Ibañez, A. Carriedo, N. Huepe, D. Sci Rep Article This study sought to evaluate the roles of and interactions between cognitive processes that have been shown to exhibit impact from socioeconomic status (SES) and living conditions in predicting social adaptation (SA) in a population of adults living in socially vulnerable conditions. Participants included 226 people between the ages of 18 and 60 who have been living in vulnerable contexts throughout life in Santiago, Chile. Data was collected through a battery of psychological assessments. A structural equation model (SEM) was implemented to examine the interrelationships among cognitive and social variables. Results indicate a significant relationship between executive function (EF) and SA through both social cognition (SC) and intelligence. Theory of Mind (ToM), a component of SC, was shown to exhibit a significant relationship with affective empathy; interestingly, this was negatively related to SA. Moreover, fluid intelligence (FI) was found to exhibit a positive, indirect relationship with SA through crystallized intelligence (CI). Evaluation of these results in the context of research on the impacts of SES and vulnerable living conditions on psychological function may allow for the development of more effective clinical, political, and social interventions to support psychosocial health among socially vulnerable populations. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9636196/ /pubmed/36333437 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21985-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Schulte, M. Trujillo, N. Rodríguez-Villagra, O. A. Salas, N. Ibañez, A. Carriedo, N. Huepe, D. The role of executive functions, social cognition and intelligence in predicting social adaptation of vulnerable populations |
title | The role of executive functions, social cognition and intelligence in predicting social adaptation of vulnerable populations |
title_full | The role of executive functions, social cognition and intelligence in predicting social adaptation of vulnerable populations |
title_fullStr | The role of executive functions, social cognition and intelligence in predicting social adaptation of vulnerable populations |
title_full_unstemmed | The role of executive functions, social cognition and intelligence in predicting social adaptation of vulnerable populations |
title_short | The role of executive functions, social cognition and intelligence in predicting social adaptation of vulnerable populations |
title_sort | role of executive functions, social cognition and intelligence in predicting social adaptation of vulnerable populations |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9636196/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36333437 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21985-9 |
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