Vol. 2025 No. 2 (2025)
Articles

Ecological EF in alcohol-dependent patients

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  • Ichiro Watanabe,
  • Min- ho Park
Ichiro Watanabe
Korean Soc Biotechnology & Bioengineering, Korean Science Technology Center, #704 Yeogsam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-703, South Korea
Min- ho Park
Kadokawa Corporation,2-13-3, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0071, Japan

Published 17-03-2025

Keywords

  • Alcohol Dependence,
  • Ecological Executive Functioning,
  • Risk Factors,
  • Case-Control Study

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How to Cite

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I. Watanabe and M.-. ho Park, “Ecological EF in alcohol-dependent patients”, Camb. Sci. Adv., vol. 2025, no. 2, pp. 8–12, Mar. 2025, doi: 10.62852/csa/2025/133.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the characteristics of ecological executive functioning in alcohol- dependent patients. Methods: The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult Version (BRIEF-A) was used to assess 103 alcohol-dependent patients and 106 healthy volunteers. Results: The total score and all factor scores of the alcohol-dependent patients were significantly higher than those of the healthy volunteers (all P<0.01). The daily alcohol consumption of alcohol-dependent patients was significantly positively correlated with working memory and emotional control of executive functioning (both P<0.05). Emotional control of executive functioning was identified as a risk factor for alcohol dependence (OR=1.375,P<0.05). Conclusion: Alcohol-dependent patients exhibited significant impairment in ecological executive functioning, with greater impairment observed in those with higher alcohol consumption. Poor emotional control was identified as a risk factor for alcohol dependence.

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  1. Objective: To investigate the characteristics of ecological executive functioning in alcohol- dependent patients. Methods: The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult Version (BRIEF-A) was used to assess 103 alcohol-dependent patients and 106 healthy volunteers. Results: The total score and all factor scores of the alcohol-dependent patients were significantly higher than those of the healthy volunteers (all P<0.01). The daily alcohol consumption of alcohol-dependent patients was significantly positively correlated with working memory and emotional control of executive functioning (both P<0.05). Emotional control of executive functioning was identified as a risk factor for alcohol dependence (OR=1.375,P<0.05). Conclusion: Alcohol-dependent patients exhibited significant impairment in ecological executive functioning, with greater impairment observed in those with higher alcohol consumption. Poor emotional control was identified as a risk factor for alcohol dependence.