Exposure to early childhood maltreatment and its effect over time on social cognition.
Exposure to early childhood maltreatment and its effect over time on social cognition.
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DOI：
10.1017/s095457942000139x
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发表时间：
2022-02
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Dunn, Erin C.
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作者：
Crawford, Katherine M.;Choi, Karmel;Davis, Kathryn A.;Zhu, Yiwen;Soare, Thomas W.;Smith, Andrew D. A. C.;Germine, Laura;Dunn, Erin C.
社交认知缺陷会产生许多负面后果，从社交退缩到精神病理学。先前的研究表明，虐待儿童可能与以后生活中较差的社会认知技能有关。然而，没有研究探讨从幼儿期到青春期的这种关联。使用来自雅芳父母和儿童纵向研究（n=4438）的数据，我们研究了虐待（照顾者身体或情感虐待;性虐待或身体虐待）之间的关联，从出生到9岁重复评估（每1-3年），以及7.5岁，10.5岁和14岁的社会认知技能。我们使用最小角度回归变量选择程序评估了发育时机（定义为暴露时的年龄）和虐待累积（定义为暴露的次数）的作用，然后进行结构方程建模。在女性中，虐待的积累解释了社会认知技能的最大变化。这些发现强调了早期干预的重要性，以尽量减少虐待的积累，并展示了前瞻性研究的重要性，以了解社会认知随着时间的推移的发展。
Social cognitive deficits can have many negative consequences, spanning social withdrawal to psychopathology. Prior work has shown that child maltreatment may associate with poorer social cognitive skills in later life. However, no studies have examined this association from early childhood into adolescence. Using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (n=4438), we examined the association between maltreatment (caregiver physical or emotional abuse; sexual or physical abuse), assessed repeatedly (every 1–3 years) from birth to age 9, and social cognitive skills at ages 7.5, 10.5, and 14 years. We evaluated the role of both the developmental timing (defined by age at exposure) and accumulation of maltreatment (defined as the number of occasions exposed) using a Least Angle Regression variable selection procedure, followed by structural equation modeling. Among females, accumulation of maltreatment explained the most variation in social cognitive skills. For males, no significant associations were found. These findings underscore the importance of early intervention to minimize the accumulation of maltreatment and showcase the importance of prospective studies to understand the development of social cognition over time.