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ReviewEuropean journal of psychotraumatology2018

Executive functions in trauma-exposed youth: a meta-analysis.

Rosanne Op den Kelder, Alithe L Van den Akker, Hilde M Geurts, Ramón J L Lindauer, Geertjan Overbeek

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Review in European journal of psychotraumatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05476133 (Application of a Training Program for Executive Functions in a Sample of Egyptian Children With Learning Disorder), which is not on this map. Cited by 37 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Application of a Training Program for Executive Functions in a Sample of Egyptian Children With Learning Disorder

TypeinterventionalSponsorAlexandria UniversityRan2018 to 2020Enrolled40ConditionsLearning Disorders, Executive DysfunctionArmsExecutive functions training-elementary and Promoting executive function in in the classroom
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Rosanne Op den KelderResearch Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Alithe L Van den AkkerResearch Institute of Child Development and Education/Research Priority Area YIELD, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Hilde M GeurtsDepartment of Psychology (Brain & Cognition)/Research Priority Area YIELD, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ramón J L LindauerDe Bascule Academic Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Geertjan OverbeekResearch Institute of Child Development and Education/Research Priority Area YIELD, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An earlier meta-analysis and review indicated that trauma exposure may be related to lower levels of executive functioning in youth. Since different developmental trajectories were found for three core executive functions, the present study focused on working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility specifically. We conducted a multi-level meta-analysis on 55 studies and 322 effect sizes published between 2001 and 2017 that were retrieved from MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO. The 8070 participants in selected studies were aged 2-25 years. We investigated whether the association between constructs would be moderated by trauma-specific moderators (onset, duration, and type), and study (age, gender, ethnicity, and socio-economic status) and measurement (quality) characteristics. We found small to medium effect sizes for working memory (

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• Abusedviolence-exposedadopted and foster care youth have lower levels of inhibition.• Adopted and foster care youth have lower levels of cognitive flexibility.• Low-quality measurement studies show lower levels of working memory in trauma-exposed youth.• Executive functioning should be a focus in treatment of trauma-exposed youth.cognitive flexibilityexecutive functionsinhibitionmeta-analysispost-traumatic stress disorderPsychotraumaworking memoryyouth

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PMID33488998
PMCPMC7803075

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