A pilot investigation of the effects of stress on neuropsychological performance in Asian-Indians in the United States

Ayesha Nagra; Reid L. Skeel; Tamara Penix Sbraga

doi:10.1037/1099-9809.13.1.54

A pilot investigation of the effects of stress on neuropsychological performance in Asian-Indians in the United States

Ayesha Nagra, Reid L. Skeel, Tamara Penix Sbraga

Psychology

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The present study evaluated the effects of stress and the ethnicity of the examiner on neuropsychological performance in a sample of Asian-Indian males in the United States. Participants were 60 Asian-Indian college students randomly assigned to one of four conditions in a 2 × 2 factorial design. The first factor was level of stress induction and the second was ethnicity of examiners. Results suggested that both stress inducing instructions and examiner ethnicity impacted highly demanding tasks, while moderately difficult tasks were less sensitive to ethnicity of the examiner. Results also indicate that examiners should recognize the potential impact of ethnicity and heightened level of stress when administering and interpreting neuropsychological measures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	54-63
Number of pages	10
Journal	Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/1099-9809.13.1.54
State	Published - Jan 2007

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Cross-cultural population
Neuropsychological assessment
Stress

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