The effect of persistent posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms on executive functions in preadolescent children witnessing a single incident of death.
Anxiety Stress Coping
; 27(3): 241-52, 2014 May.
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ABSTRACT
We compared executive functions (EFs) of traumatized preadolescent children with and without marked posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms to the performance of a nontraumatized control group, and examined the relationships between EF deficits and functional status in traumatized preadolescent children. Fifty-one preadolescent children who had witnessed a death at school 30 months prior (26 with marked PTSD symptoms and 25 without) and 30 healthy controls who had not been traumatized participated. EFs were examined using the Comprehensive Attention Test (CAT). The functional state of traumatized children was measured by the Parent Report Form-Children's Health and Illness Profile-Children's Edition (PRF-CHIP-CE). The traumatized children, regardless of status of PTSD symptomatology, showed poorer working memory performance than nontraumatized healthy controls. The traumatized children with marked PTSD symptoms performed more poorly on measures of interference control compared to those children without marked PTSD symptoms. Lower levels of EFs were associated with lower risk avoidance and diminished academic achievement in traumatized children. These results indicate that an inhibitory control deficit is specifically associated with the current PTSD symptoms but not with trauma exposure per se.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
2_ODS3
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6_ODS3_enfermedades_notrasmisibles
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7_ODS3_muertes_prevenibles_nacidos_ninos
Problema de salud:
2_muertes_prevenibles
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6_mental_health_behavioral_disorders
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7_non_communicable_diseases
Asunto principal:
Trastornos por Estrés Postraumático
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Actitud Frente a la Muerte
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Trastornos del Conocimiento
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Función Ejecutiva
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Anxiety Stress Coping
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article