Emotional intelligence and working memory in depressive disorders
Keywords:
depressive disorders, organic depressive disorders, Trail Making TestAbstract
Aim. In daily human experience, the separation of emotion and cognition seems to be an impossible task. Most of the emotional experience implies the participation of cognitive processes and knowledge is an essential component of emotion. Among patients with depressive disorders both emotion regulation deficit (in the form of negative thoughts and feelings) and cognitive impairment are observed. The aim of the study is to assess the relationship between the efficiency of working memory and emotional intelligence in patients with recurrent depressive disorder.
Material and methods. A sample of 37 persons aged 21-65 years participated in the study: 17 women and 20 men. Trail Making Test (TMT), Stroop test and Emotional Intelligence Scale – Faces (SIE-T) were used in the study.
Results. There were no statistically significant correlations between the severity of depression, effectiveness of visual-spatial working memory and the level of emotional intelligence. Significant relationship between the analyzed variables was found only in the case of verbal working memory (Stroop test, part NCWd/time, p = 0,02). However, the higher the scores at SIE-T, the better the performance of TMT, Stroop test and the lower severity of depressive disorders.
Conclusions. 1. A higher level of emotional intelligence correlates with the efficiency of working memory in patients with depressive disorders. 2. Understanding the interactions between emotional control processes and memory in depressive disorders requires further study.
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