Severe sexual abuse in childhood and altered neurophysiological response to reward in female adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A relatively understudied but growing body of research indicates that individuals with a history of childhood trauma exhibit altered reward processing in adulthood. Research to date has focused on adversity broadly, with studies typically finding evidence of blunted response to rewards in adults with a history of childhood trauma.

Objective

Given the role of reward processing in risk for psychopathology and the particularly pathogenic nature of sexual abuse (SA), the present study sought to assess whether adults with a history of severe childhood SA exhibit altered neurophysiological response to rewards.

Participants and setting

Female adults (N = 105) were included from two study sites that used the same measures of childhood trauma (Childhood Trauma Quest

SUBMITTER: Letkiewicz AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11316651 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature