Childhood maltreatment and cognitive functioning from young adulthood to late midlife: A prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The negative consequences of childhood maltreatment have been documented across multiple domains, including cognitive functioning in midlife. This study examined the impact of childhood maltreatment on cognitive functioning into late midlife, changes over time, and the extent to which cognitive change over time predicted functional impairment.

Method

We use data from a prospective cohort design study in which individuals with documented histories of childhood maltreatment (ages 0-11 years) and demographically matched controls without those histories were interviewed over five study waves: 1989-1995 (N = 1,196; M_age = 29.2 years), 2000-2002 (N = 896; M_age = 39.5 years), 2003-2005 (N = 808; M_age

SUBMITTER: Maxfield M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12616537 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature