作为高风险青少年侵略轨迹预测器的执行功能的共同和独特组成部分
Rebecca L Griffith1, Luke C Henry2, Adrian Raine3
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh.
概括
执行功能缺陷与青少年的侵略性有关. 这项研究发现,较低的抑制和认知灵活性独特地预测了风险青少年在18个月内主动侵略的变化.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 儿童精神病学 儿童精神病学
背景情况:
- 侵略性是青少年精神病理学的关键指标,也是精神健康转诊的常见原因.
- 执行功能 (EF) 缺陷与攻击性有关,但对特定EF组件和攻击性亚型的纵向研究是有限的.
- 了解这些联系对于针对高风险青年进行有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究执行功能的独特和共享组件与反应性和主动性侵略轨迹之间的纵向关联.
- 为了检查这些协会超过18个月的青少年高风险的侵略性.
主要方法:
- 一组103名高风险青少年 (平均年龄16.1岁) 在18个月内被评估.
- 执行功能组件 (抑制,工作记忆,认知灵活性) 使用NIHToolbox认知电池进行测量.
- 通过青少年和家长报告,使用反应性-主动性侵略问卷评估了反应性和主动性侵略,并使用潜伏增长曲线和结构方程建模分析.
主要成果:
- 无论是反应性还是主动性侵略轨迹,都显示了通报者的整体下降.
- 执行功能和攻击性之间的关联是针对年轻人报告的主动攻击性的特征,特别是在检查独特的EF组件时.
- 较低的抑制与主动攻击性急剧下降有关,而较低的认知灵活性与主动攻击性急剧增加有关.
结论:
- 研究结果突出了执行功能组件在攻击性亚型发展中的独特作用.
- 抑制和认知灵活性是特别重要的因素,需要考虑在高风险青少年中主动侵略的发展.
- 这些结果强调了需要细微的评估和干预策略,以攻击性青年为目标,针对特定的EF缺陷.
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