Executive functions as a mediator of childhood maltreatment on adult psychopathology: A longitudinal mediation analysis comparing maltreatment factor models.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood maltreatment (CM), executive functions (EFs), and psychiatric disorders all correlate highly. Changes in EFs during adolescence related to CM present a possible mediating mechanism for the development of psychiatric disorders, yet no study has analyzed this longitudinally while comparing predictive capacity of different CM factor structures. We hypothesized that changes in EFs from adolescence to adulthood would mediate, in part, associations between CM, internalizing disorders (INT), and anti-social personality disorder (ASPD) while different subtypes of CM would differentially predict INT and ASPD.

Objective

This study longitudinally examined the mediating effects of EFs on associations between CM, INT, and ASPD while comparing prediction of two CM fac

SUBMITTER: Kent KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8859768 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature