Child maltreatment and executive function development throughout adolescence and into young adulthood.

ABSTRACT: Child maltreatment impacts approximately one in seven children in the United States, leading to adverse outcomes throughout life. Adolescence is a time period critical for the development of executive function, but there is little research examining how abuse and neglect may differently affect the developmental trajectories of executive function throughout adolescence and into young adulthood. In the current study, 167 adolescents participated at six time points from ages 14 to 20. At each time point, adolescents completed behavioral tasks measuring the three dimensions of executive function (working memory, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility). Neglect and abuse in early life (ages 1-13) were reported at ages 18-19. Unconditional growth curve models revealed age-related improvem

SUBMITTER: Clinchard C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12035961 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature