Emotional abuse exposure is associated with more double errors in the Spatial Working Memory test in healthy adults¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2010 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Higher emotional abuse scores were significantly associated with a higher number of double errors in the Spatial Working Memory test. → Majer M 2010

Evidence¶

Majer M 2010¶

Majer M, Nater UM, Lin J-MS, Capuron L, Reeves WC. (2010). Association of childhood trauma with cognitive function in healthy adults: a pilot study. BMC Neurology. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-10-61

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Multiple linear regression analysis in a pilot study of 47 healthy adults found that the emotional abuse score of the CTQ was significantly associated with the number of double errors in the Spatial Working Memory test, with the association "significantly associated with the number of double errors".

"The emotional abuse score was significantly associated with the number of double errors in the Spatial Working Memory test."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Adverse Experiences — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Childhood trauma exposure is not significantly associated with executive function, psychomotor speed, or sustained attention measures in healthy adults — reports the opposite
• Childhood trauma exposure is associated with memory deficits specifically, not with attentional or organizational impairments, in healthy adults — related
• Memory deficits associated with childhood trauma in healthy adults are not secondary to psychiatric or medical illness — related
• Physical neglect exposure is associated with more double errors in the Spatial Working Memory test in healthy adults — related
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