ArticleJournal of aggression, maltreatment & trauma2021
Cumulative Childhood Maltreatment and Executive Functioning in Adulthood.
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- School Functioning Among Norwegian Children With a History of Maltreatment.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2026Article
- From childhood psychological maltreatment to fear of happiness: the parallel mediating roles of self-concept clarity and executive function.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- 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
- Neglect and Neurodevelopment: A Narrative Review Understanding the Link Between Child Neglect and Executive Function Deficits.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Common and distinct neural underpinnings of the association between childhood maltreatment and depression and aggressive behavior.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Exploring stress response's role in executive function impairments among adults with early adverse childhood experiences.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Association of childhood trauma with cognitive domains in adult patients with mental disorders and in non-clinical populations: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Cumulative life course adversity, mental health, and cognition in the UK biobank.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Childhood maltreatment predicts poorer executive functioning in adulthood beyond symptoms of internalizing psychopathology.Child abuse & neglect · 2021Article
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Abstract
Maltreatment during childhood has detrimental consequences for survivors. Among children, maltreatment predicts deficits in cognition and impairment in academic and emotional functioning. Although studied extensively in children, the extent to which cognitive deficits are evident in adulthood has been examined to a lesser extent. Executive functioning (EF) is a set of cognitive processes that help to guide behavior toward goals and is characterized by a prolonged maturational time course. As such, it is particularly vulnerable to the effects of early stress, which confers risk for psychopathology. Thus, it is critical to assess the potential impact of childhood trauma on adult EF. The present study sought to assess the impact of a history of childhood maltreatment on EF during adulthood using both self-reported and task-based measures of EF processes. Higher levels of cumulative childhood maltreatment predicted poorer EF. Furthermore, deficits were not accounted for by current symptoms of depression and anxiety, indicating that the impact of childhood maltreatment on cognitive functioning in adulthood is not the result of current internalizing psychopathology.
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