F A Carter1, C M Bulik, V V McIntosh, P R Joyce. 1. Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in speed of information processing on a modification of the Stroop color-naming task following cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) and to evaluate whether changes are associated with word type, treatment condition, or treatment response. METHOD:Subjects were 98 women aged between 17 and 45 years with a current primary diagnosis of bulimia nervosa who were participating in a randomized clinical trial evaluating CBT. Data were available on all relevant variables for 98 women. Speed of information processing was assessed at pretreatment and posttreatment using a modification of the Stroop color-naming paradigm. RESULTS: Significant main effects were found for the factors time (pretreatment vs. posttreatment) and word type (food/body words vs. color words, food/body words vs. control words). Predicted interactions between time and word type were not identified. DISCUSSION: Changes in information processing speed over treatment were not specifically associated with word type, treatment condition, or treatment response. Consequently, the utility of the modified Stroop paradigm as a measure of change over time for bulimia nervosa is questioned. Copyright 2000 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in speed of information processing on a modification of the Stroop color-naming task following cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) and to evaluate whether changes are associated with word type, treatment condition, or treatment response. METHOD: Subjects were 98 women aged between 17 and 45 years with a current primary diagnosis of bulimia nervosa who were participating in a randomized clinical trial evaluating CBT. Data were available on all relevant variables for 98 women. Speed of information processing was assessed at pretreatment and posttreatment using a modification of the Stroop color-naming paradigm. RESULTS: Significant main effects were found for the factors time (pretreatment vs. posttreatment) and word type (food/body words vs. color words, food/body words vs. control words). Predicted interactions between time and word type were not identified. DISCUSSION: Changes in information processing speed over treatment were not specifically associated with word type, treatment condition, or treatment response. Consequently, the utility of the modified Stroop paradigm as a measure of change over time for bulimia nervosa is questioned. Copyright 2000 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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