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Childhood maltreatment and executive functions in adolescents
Luiza Mothes1, Christian Haag Kristensen1, Rodrigo Grassi-Oliveira1
1Psychology Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Ipiranga Avenue, 6681, Building 11, Room 902. Partenon, Porto Alegre/RS, CEP, 90619-900, Brazil.
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.
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