5^th International Conference on Mental Health and Human Resilience March 07-08, 2019 Hotel Augusta Barcelona Valles, Spain

Alexandra Radosi earned a BA degree in Psychology from Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE), Faculty of Education and Psychology, in 2016. She also obtained her MA at same university in 2018. The title of her masters thesis was procedural processing in Tourettes syndrome. Following graduation, she joined the Lendulet Developmental and Translational Neuroscience Research Group as a Pre-Doctorate Research Assistant at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, at the Research Centre for Natural Sciences (RCNS) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She is planning to begin her PhD studies, focusing on neuroimaging of individual differences in motivational and emotional functioning.

Objective: Tourettes syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by tics, which are fast, repeated but not rhythmic involuntarily and suddenly appearing movements or vocalizations. These symptoms are associated with significant subjective and social burden. To date, neuropsychological studies have primarily focused on deficits and, albeit findings are mixed, those generally implicate cognitive flexibility, inhibition, and verbal fluency in the disorder. However, mapping potential strengths is also a key, as those may reflect relevant resilience factors. There is a reason to believe that faster procedural processing, which results from hyperkinetic over activity due to the dysfunctional frontal lobe and basal ganglia processing, is one such area of strength. The aim of this study was to explore the association between individual differences in procedural processing and verbal fluency in children with Tourettes syndrome and typically developing peers.rnMethods: Participants were 42 children (6 girls) with Tourettes syndrome (Mage=148.43 (months), SD=16.41) and age- and gender-matched healthy controls (Mage=149.38, SD=16.98), tested on three types of verbal fluency tasks: action, semantic and phonemic. We hypothesized that the Tourette group would perform better in the action and phonemic fluency tasks.rnResults & Discussion: Findings showed that in the phonemic fluency task, children with Tourettes syndrome listed more verbs (t(1)=295.23, p<0.001) and made fewer errors (listing an incorrect word: t(1)=7.81, p=0.005; repeating a word t(1)=8.19, p=0.004) than controls. These results confirm strength in phonemic fluency in patients with Tourettes syndrome. In the poster, implications for clinical/ neuropsychological conceptualization and prevention and treatment will be discussed.rn

Andrea Kovesdi examines the resilience of adolescents in several ways. It focuses on emotional regulation, affective components, and different self states on the sine morbo and anorexic patterns. In addition, resilience and psychosomatic relationships are also sought in the hope of contributing to the research results of recovery from the disease. The Resilience Development Research Group is looking for broader relationships of resilience during pregnancy, the effect of divorce on children and children with ADHD.

Introduction: Resilience is a personality trait that is closely related to adaptability, including positive management of change, positive self-image, and self-acting behavior (Masten, 2001). Previous studies have shown the reverse relationship between resilience and depression (Schiavone et al., 2013; Vuitton, de Wazières, Dupond, 1999). The lack of sense of security has a profound effect on affective factors leading to dysfunctional functioning, preventing the possibility of flexible adaptation. Several studies have confirmed the negative impact of insecurity, hope and resilience (Haase et al., 1999, Haase, 2004, Woodgate, 1999). In this study we examine the moderating effect of the lack of sense of security in terms of mood dimensions, such as sadness and hopelessness. Higher resilience value is a significant protective factor against depression (Birmahe 1996). Also, higher resilience is a protects against the development of psychiatric diseases (Bachen, Chesney, Criswell, 2009, Erim et al., 2010). Anorexia is a severe psychosomatic disease (Túry, Pászthy, 2008), that can become chronic in adolescence. Deaths are 6-10% within 10 years (Fisher, 2006). Anorexia is one of the psychosomatic diseases Rief et al.,1992) In their semi-structured interviews, have shown that the somatoform disorder appears to be (73%) preceded by affective disorders (Rief et al., 1992). In the comparison of the two groups, Resilience shows a significant difference t (53) = 4.174 p ‹.001 r = .497, the control group is higher (Graph 1). Correlation is the strongest negative correlation with Resilience there is sadness (r = -. 610), Hopelessness, Anhedonia, Inadequacy, Lack of sense of security is almost the same (r = -. 5 to -6) correlation and the weakest with guilt (r = - 414). There is no significant relationshipbetween Irritability and Resilience (Figure 2). Sadness itself is an explanatory factor in the model. We found a positive correlation between Ruthlessness and Hopelessness; the Feeling of Sadness, the more the Hope appears (Table 2). The lack of a sense of Security moderates the effect of Sadness on Hopelessness (Figure 2). Discussion; According to our results, in the group comparison, the value of resilience is lower for anorexic adolescents. Similar results were found among researchers in adult eating disorders (Hayas et al., 2014). In the regression model, we have found significant explanatory power in the Depression Scale, Sadness subscales. Previously, a negative relationship between Sadness and Hopelessness was described with Resilience (Haase et al., 1999, Haase, 2004, Woodgate, 1999). In our study, we confirmed the moderating role of the Lack of Security on the Sadness and Hopelessness. Furthermore, the lack of a higher sense of Security increases the negative impact of Hope on Resilience. The lack of a higher sense of security increases its vulnerability through its moderating role. Conclusion; Negative affective factors exhibit vulnerability to Resilience, as has been shown earlier. According to our study, the strongest effect of Depression on Dimension is on Resilience in the whole sample. This effect is exacerbated by the moderating effect of the lack of Security. The relationship between Sadness and Hopelessness is negatively affected by the lack of Security, increasing the Hope that has a negative effect on Resilience. All in all, in terms of Resilience we underline the importance of Sadness, Hopelessness, and Lack of sense of security as negative moderator of the two above.