Abuse, Depressive Symptoms, Executive Functioning, and Overgeneral Memory among a Psychiatric Sample of Children and Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Valentino, Kristin; Bridgett, David J.; Hayden, Lisa C.; Nuttall, Amy K.
Titel	Abuse, Depressive Symptoms, Executive Functioning, and Overgeneral Memory among a Psychiatric Sample of Children and Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 41 (2012) 4, S.491-498 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-4416
DOI	10.1080/15374416.2012.660689
Schlagwörter	Memory; Child Abuse; Risk; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Cognitive Ability; Psychiatry; Children; Adolescents; Correlation; Hospitals; Verbal Ability; Inhibition; Interaction; Family Structure; Racial Differences; Intelligence Quotient; Childrens Depression Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gedächtnis; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Risiko; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Denkfähigkeit; Psychiatrie; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Korrelation; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Mündliche Leistung; Hemmung; Interaktion; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Rassenunterschied; Intelligenzquotient
Abstract	Prior research has established the independent associations of depressive symptoms and childhood trauma to overgeneral memory (OGM); the present study addresses the potentially interactive effects between these two risk factors on OGM. In addition, the current study comprehensively evaluates whether executive functions (EF) mediate the relation between depressive symptoms and/or abuse to OGM in a child and adolescent sample. OGM was assessed among an inpatient-psychiatric sample of 49 youth (ages 7-17) with, and without, child abuse histories and depressive symptomatology. EF was assessed with standardized neuropsychological measures of verbal fluency, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility. There was a significant interaction of depressive symptoms and abuse in predicting OGM; the effect of depression on OGM was less pronounced among youth with abuse histories, who had elevated OGM at both low and high depressive symptoms relative to those with no abuse and low depressive symptoms. Among the EF measures, only category fluency was associated with OGM. An additive, rather than mediational, model was supported, whereby category fluency accounted for a significant proportion of variance in OGM above child abuse and depressive symptoms. The meaning of these findings for models of OGM and clinical practice are emphasized. (Contains 4 tables, 1 figure and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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