Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 12277Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Child Maltreat. 2023 May;28(2):297-306. doi: 10.1177/10775595221098029. Epub 2022 May 3.
The present pilot study is interested in the relationship between childhood neglect, brain function, and alcohol use in adolescence. The goal is to guide future prevention and intervention efforts related to alcohol use following childhood neglect. This pilot study comprised 53 adolescents (12-14 years at baseline) recruited from the Department of Social Services (DSS). Self- and DSS-reported neglect, electroencephalography (EEG) alpha power, and alcohol use behaviors were measured over 1 year. Higher DSS neglect severity in year 1 was related to lower self-efficacy to alcohol use temptation in year 2. Lower EEG alpha power in the parietal region in year 1 was linked to lower self-efficacy to the temptation of alcohol use in year 2. This pilot project has value for using tools, such as EEG, in child maltreatment and alcohol use studies, including with underrepresented adolescents, to better understand brain-related mechanisms in home-based research.
本初步研究关注童年忽视、大脑功能和青少年时期饮酒之间的关系。目的是指导未来与童年忽视后饮酒相关的预防和干预工作。这项初步研究包括从社会服务部(DSS)招募的 53 名青少年(基线时 12-14 岁)。在 1 年内测量了自我报告和 DSS 报告的忽视、脑电图(EEG)α 功率和饮酒行为。第 1 年 DSS 忽视严重程度较高与第 2 年对饮酒诱惑的自我效能感较低有关。第 1 年顶叶区域的 EEGα 功率较低与第 2 年对饮酒诱惑的自我效能感较低有关。本初步研究对于在儿童虐待和饮酒研究中使用 EEG 等工具具有价值,包括对代表性不足的青少年进行研究,以更好地理解家庭研究中的与大脑相关的机制。