ArticleChild abuse & neglect2022
Executive functions as a mediator of childhood maltreatment on adult psychopathology: A longitudinal mediation analysis comparing maltreatment factor models.
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- Perceived uncontrollability as a potential mechanism of parental child abuse predicting executive dysfunction in adulthood 18 years later: Replication across two studies.Developmental psychology · 2025Article
- Neurobiology and systems biology of stress resilience.Physiological reviews · 2024Review
- Executive Functioning Constructs in Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, Post-Traumatic Stress, and Related Disorders.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
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backgroundChildhood maltreatment (CM), executive functions (EFs), and psychiatric disorders all correlate highly. Changes in EFs during adolescence related to CM present a possible mediating mechanism for the development of psychiatric disorders, yet no study has analyzed this longitudinally while comparing predictive capacity of different CM factor structures. We hypothesized that changes in EFs from adolescence to adulthood would mediate, in part, associations between CM, internalizing disorders (INT), and anti-social personality disorder (ASPD) while different subtypes of CM would differentially predict INT and ASPD.
objectiveThis study longitudinally examined the mediating effects of EFs on associations between CM, INT, and ASPD while comparing prediction of two CM factor structures.
participantsHigh-risk subjects selected for drug use in adolescence (N = 658) from mean ages 16 to 23.
methodsA Bayesian structural equation model was deployed to analyze change in EFs as a mediator of the relationship between CM and adult INT and ASPD. CM was measured using two factor structures: a single overall factor and four correlated factors representing CM subtypes.
resultsCM significantly predicted INT and ASPD but there was no evidence that the relationship was substantially mediated through EFs. High correlations among subtypes of CM limited the unique predictions of each subtype on INT and ASPD.
conclusionIn this high-risk sample, the collinearity of CM subtypes obscured their predictions of outcome measures supporting the use of one CM factor. EFs did not significantly mediate associations between CM and psychiatric disorders, but further research on these relationships is warranted.
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