积极的童年经历支持认知,并抵消在青春期早期的行为和情绪问题
Nicole E Logan1, William W Lewis-de Los Angeles2
1Department of Kinesiology (NE Logan), University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI; Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program (NE Logan), University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI; George and Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience (NE Logan), University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.
Academic pediatrics
|February 9, 2025
概括
积极的童年经历 (PCE) 增强了青少年的认知功能. 此外,PCE还缓冲了不良童年经历 (ACE) 对行为和情感福祉的负面影响.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 儿童精神病学 儿童精神病学
背景情况:
- 童年经历显著影响大脑健康和社会情绪发展.
- 儿童不良经历 (ACE) 与负面结果有关,但需要进一步调查的保护因素.
- 积极的童年经历 (PCE) 可能会减轻与ACE相关的风险.
研究的目的:
- 调查PCE与早期青少年认知功能的独立关联.
- 为了确定PCE是否能缓和ACE与行为/情绪问题之间的关系.
- 为了了解PCE对大脑健康指标的影响,在一个大青少年队列.
主要方法:
- 从青少年大脑和认知发展 (ABCD) 研究中分析了2年的随访数据 (N=5449).
- 通过母报告测量PCE和ACE.
- 在第二年评估认知功能 (NIH工具箱) 和行为/情绪问题 (CBCL).
主要成果:
- PCEs独立地与提高认知任务的表现有关,包括图片词汇,侧面,阅读识别和图片序列记忆.
- 观察到PCEs和ACEs之间的显著相互作用,表明更高的PCEs减弱了ACEs对各种儿童行为检查清单 (CBCL) 子表的负面影响.
- 具体来说,增加的PCE预测了更少的焦虑-抑郁,退缩,侵略,违规,社会和体质问题,以及较低的总CBCL问题得分.
结论:
- 积极的童年经历对于支持青春期早期的认知发展至关重要.
- PCE显示出对心理病理学的保护作用,即使存在不良的童年经历.
- 这些发现凸显了培养积极体验的重要性,以促进儿童的性和福祉.
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