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Table 4 Associations between EF and occupational functioning

From: The relations between executive functions and occupational functioning in individuals with bipolar disorder: a scoping review

Aspects of EF

Aspects of OF ⇒

Employment

Workperformance/adjustment

Skilled job

Attendance

Lifetime firings

Working memory (DS, LNS, spatial span)

 

Jensen(2015)S+

Lee(2013)M+

Sanchez-Auteta(2018)S+

   

Planning (TOL)

  

Miguelez-Pan(2014)S+

 

Boland(2015)M+

Set shifting (TMT-B)

Depp(2012)M+

Sole(2012)M+

Sole(2018)M+

Lee(2013)M + 

Miguelez-Pan(2014)S+

  

Inhibitory control/interference (SCWT, PGNG)

Mur (2009)L+

Zubieta(2001)M+

  

Boland(2015)L+

Impulsivity (Bis-11)

 

Jimenez(2012)bS−

   

Cognitive flexibility (WCST, ID/ED shift)

Sole(2018)M+

Bonnin(2014)S+

O’Donnell (2016/2017)S+

Olley (2005)M+

 

O’Donnell (2016/2017)S+

 

Fluency (COWAT-FAS, categories)

Godard(2011)M+

Martinez-Aran(2007)

S+

    

Emotion regulation/motivation

Van Rheenen(2014)S+

Martínez-Camarilloc (2019)

Samalin(2016)S+

   

Self-regulation

 

Robertson (2006)c

   

Subjective EF (EXIT)

Altshuler(2007)M+

    

Composite EF (WCST, fluency, TMT-B, PGNGd, emotion-processingd)

Drakopoulus (2020)M/L+

Ryan(2013)dM+

Lomastro (2020)L+

   
  1. S small ES, M medium ES, L large ES
  2. +/−: Direction of association
  3. aOnly women
  4. b+ Impulsivity→ − WF
  5. cNo ES could be calculated