童年虐待影响新兴成年人的认知功能:系统审查和元分析
Wai M Wong1,2, Bixi Zhang2, Damaris Foley1
1Department of Psychology, CUNY Queens College, Flushing, NY, USA.
Psychological reports
|December 30, 2025
概括
童年虐待对新兴成年人的认知灵活性和抑制控制产生负面影响. 然而,工作记忆似乎被保留了,这表明尽管有不良经历,但适应机制仍然存在.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 关于童年虐待对执行职能的影响,存在不同的发现.
- 对认知灵活性,抑制控制和工作记忆的长期影响需要进一步研究.
研究的目的:
- 巩固现有的关于儿童虐待和新兴成年人的执行功能研究.
- 分析对认知灵活性,抑制控制和工作记忆的特定影响.
主要方法:
- 进行了对17项研究的元分析.
- 纳入标准集中在新兴成年人,童年虐待措施和特定的执行职能评估.
- 进行了子组和调节者分析,以检查效应大小和共变量.
主要成果:
- 童年虐待与较差的认知灵活性 (g = -0.30) 和抑制控制 (g = -0.10) 相关.
- 在受虐待和未受虐待的新兴成年人之间,工作记忆没有显著差异 (g = 0.26).
- 主持人分析表明,工作记忆比认知灵活性受到更积极的影响.
结论:
- 童年虐待会损害认知灵活性和抑制性控制,但在新兴成年人中保留工作记忆.
- 研究结果支持缺陷模型 (不良影响) 和适应模型 (工作记忆的保存).
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