Citation

Mothes L, Kristensen CH, Grassi-Oliveira R, Fonseca RP, de Lima Argimon II, Irigaray TQ. Child Adolesc. Ment. Health 2015; 20(1): 56-62.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/camh.12068

PMID

32680329

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate differences in executive functions between adolescents exposed to different forms of single- and multitype childhood maltreatment.

METHOD: 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.

RESULTS: 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.

CONCLUSIONS: Childhood maltreatment may have a significant impact on executive functioning in adolescence.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescents; Maltreatment; executive functions