Neurocognitive functioning is associated with employment status: a quantitative review.
Neurocognitive assessment is frequently used as a basis for making determinations regarding a person's ability to work; yet, to our knowledge, a review of the association between neurocognition and employment status has not been conducted. For this review, we utilized meta-analysis to quantify objectively the association between eight neurocognitive domains and employment status. The meta-analysis revealed that performance in each domain was significantly associated with employment status, and that the associations were greatest for the following domains: intellectual functioning, executive functioning, and memory. These findings support the ecological validity of neurocognitive assessment.
Kalechstein
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Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA. adk@ucla.edu
Newton
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van Gorp
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D001288:Attention; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007802:Language; D008568:Memory; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011340:Problem Solving; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014706:Verbal Learning; D014894:Weights and Measures