Institute of Child Development, University ofMinnesota, 51 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Child Dev. 2010 Sep-Oct;81(5):1504-19. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01488.x.
This investigation examined basic memory processes, cortisol, and dissociation in maltreated children. School-aged children (age range=6-13), 143 maltreated and 174 non-maltreated, were administered the California Verbal Learning Test-Children (D. C. Delis, J. H. Kramer, E. Kaplan, & B. A. Ober, 1994) in a week-long camp setting, daily morning cortisol levels were assessed throughout the duration of camp, and behavioral symptoms were evaluated. Maltreatment and cortisol regulation were not related to short- or long-delay recall or recognition memory. However, children experiencing neglect and/or emotional maltreatment and low cortisol evinced heightened false recognition memory. Dissociative symptoms were higher in maltreated children; however, high dissociation was related to recognition inaccuracy only among non-maltreated children. Results highlight the interplay between maltreatment and hypocortisolism in children's recognition memory errors.
本研究考察了受虐儿童的基本记忆过程、皮质醇和分离。在为期一周的营地活动中，对 143 名受虐儿童和 174 名非受虐儿童进行了加利福尼亚语言学习测试-儿童版（D.C.Delis、J.H.Kramer、E.Kaplan 和 B.A.Ober，1994）的测试，整个营地期间每天早上评估皮质醇水平，并评估行为症状。虐待和皮质醇调节与短期或长期延迟回忆或识别记忆无关。然而，经历忽视和/或情感虐待以及皮质醇水平低的儿童表现出更高的虚假识别记忆。受虐儿童的分离症状更高；然而，高分离仅与非受虐儿童的识别不准确有关。结果强调了儿童识别记忆错误中虐待和皮质醇不足之间的相互作用。
