Author(s)

Eduardo Gonçalves¹, Marco Moniz^1,2, Saul Neves Jesus²

¹Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Center of Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
²Research Center for Spatial and Organization Dynamics (CIEO), University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal.

This article reviews the constructs of stress, appraisal, coping, according to a transactional perspective, and executive function, and presents a stress control rating scale (ECOSTRESS), which design is founded in these constructs. This psychometric tool is useful in the assessment of cognitive control of stress, correlated with the function of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. It has been validated for its use in the assessment of Portuguese people in situations of stress related to unemployment and economic insufficiency. Also, within the context of the cognitive control of stress, it is highlighted the usefulness of low resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (LORETA).

Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Mania, Economic Insufficiency, Executive Function, Anterior Cingulate Cortex, Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex, Stress Control Rating Scale (ECOSTRESS), Low Resolution Brain Electromagnetic Tomography (LORETA), Neurofeedback

Gonçalves, E. , Moniz, M. and Jesus, S. (2016) Assessment of Stress Cognitive Control and Executive Function with Stress Control Rating Scale (ECOSTRESS) and Low Resolution Brain Electromagnetic Tomography (LORETA) (In Portuguese People in Situations of Unemployment and Economic Insufficiency). Open Journal of Psychiatry, 6, 158-164. doi: 10.4236/ojpsych.2016.62019.