Mothes Luiza, Kristensen Christian Haag, Grassi-Oliveira Rodrigo, Fonseca Rochele Paz, de Lima Argimon Irani Iracema, Irigaray Tatiana Quarti
Psychology Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Ipiranga Avenue, 6681, Building 11, Room 902. Partenon, Porto Alegre/RS, CEP, 90619-900, Brazil.
Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2015 Feb;20(1):56-62. doi: 10.1111/camh.12068. Epub 2014 Jun 6.
The aim of this study was to investigate differences in executive functions between adolescents exposed to different forms of single- and multitype childhood maltreatment.
The sample was composed of 83 adolescents, divided into three groups: single-type maltreatment (n = 24), multitype maltreatment (n = 19), and no history of maltreatment (n = 40), matched for education and sex.
The results showed that teenagers who suffered a single type of childhood maltreatment performed worse than the other two groups on tasks of cognitive flexibility and visual processing speed. Individuals who suffered multitype maltreatment had worse initiation and lower verbal processing speed than the other two groups.
Childhood maltreatment may have a significant impact on executive functioning in adolescence.
本研究旨在调查遭受不同形式单一类型和多种类型童年期虐待的青少年在执行功能方面的差异。
样本由83名青少年组成,分为三组:单一类型虐待组(n = 24)、多种类型虐待组(n = 19)和无虐待史组(n = 40),三组在教育程度和性别上相匹配。
结果显示,遭受单一类型童年期虐待的青少年在认知灵活性和视觉处理速度任务上的表现比其他两组差。遭受多种类型虐待的个体在启动能力方面较差,言语处理速度比其他两组低。
童年期虐待可能对青少年的执行功能有显著影响。