Childhood Abuse Is Related to Working Memory Impairment for Positive Emotion in Female University Students

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-48

  Cromheeke, Sofie ^a   Herpoel, Laure Anne ^a   Mueller, Sven C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

affective; early life stress; maltreatment; sexual abuse; visuospatial working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALTREATMENT; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISUOSPATIAL WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

AFFECTIVE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; MALTREATMENT; SEXUAL ABUSE; VISUOSPATIAL WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897806081     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559513511522     Document Type: Article

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