Institute for Cognitive Science Studies, Kharazmi University.
Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge.
Psychol Trauma. 2022 Sep;14(6):983-988. doi: 10.1037/tra0000552. Epub 2020 Feb 10.
High numbers of adolescents today are exposed to conflict-related trauma, with trauma-exposure being associated with adverse biopsychosocial outcomes. Here we investigated the influence of trauma-exposure and high levels of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms on cognitive functioning in trauma-related compared to neutral contexts.
Afghan adolescent refugees with high levels of PTSD symptomatology and non-trauma-exposed Afghan adolescent refugee controls (N = 47; 43% female; aged 13-19 years, M = 15.49, SD = 1.40) completed a visual working memory task including affective (trauma-related) and neutral distractors.
Working memory capacity in the context of trauma-related distractors (and not neutral distractors) was significantly poorer in trauma-exposed refugees with high levels of PTSD when compared to non-trauma-exposed controls.
The findings highlight the importance of investigating posttraumatic cognitive functioning within affective contexts and suggest that affective working memory capacity may constitute a promising target for intervention. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
当今，大量青少年接触到与冲突相关的创伤，创伤暴露与不良的生物心理社会结果有关。在这里，我们研究了创伤暴露和高水平创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状对创伤相关和中性背景下认知功能的影响。
患有高水平 PTSD 症状的阿富汗青少年难民和未经历过创伤的阿富汗青少年难民对照组（N=47；43%为女性；年龄 13-19 岁，M=15.49，SD=1.40）完成了一项视觉工作记忆任务，其中包括情感（与创伤相关）和中性分心物。
与中性分心物相比，暴露于创伤且 PTSD 水平较高的难民在与创伤相关的分心物情况下的工作记忆能力明显较差。
这些发现强调了在情感背景下研究创伤后认知功能的重要性，并表明情感工作记忆能力可能是一个有前途的干预目标。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2022 APA，保留所有权利）。
