Childhood maltreatment and executive functions in adolescents

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 56-62

  Mothes, Luiza ^a   Kristensen, Christian Haag ^a   Grassi Oliveira, Rodrigo ^a   Fonseca, Rochele Paz ^a   de Lima Argimon, Irani Iracema ^a   Irigaray, Tatiana Quarti ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Executive functions; Maltreatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAS ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION TEST; FEMALE; HAYLING TEST; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84921540975     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/camh.12068     Document Type: Article

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