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Associations Between Childhood Trauma Characteristics and Theory of Mind in Adults: Results From a Large, Diverse Sample.
Peterson, Claire S; Zhu, Yiwen; Germine, Laura T; Dunn, Erin C.
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  • Peterson CS; Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. cspeters@uab.edu.
  • Zhu Y; Medical Scientist Training Program, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. cspeters@uab.edu.
  • Germine LT; Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Dunn EC; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36168019
Theory of mind (ToM) is an essential social cognitive process encompassing abilities to represent and understand others' mental states. Although previous reports linked childhood trauma to social cognitive deficits, how characteristics of trauma exposure, such as subtype or timing, affect ToM remains unaddressed. Using data from a diverse adult sample (n = 2200), we tested whether exposure type and first exposure timing of common childhood trauma associated with ToM. Neither interpersonal loss (ß = - 0.25, p = 0.170, [- 0.61, 0.10]) nor child maltreatment (ß = - 0.21, p = 0.369, [- 0.66, 0.25]) was associated with lower ToM. There was no effect of timing of age at which trauma was experienced (F = 2.19, p = 0.087). While we did not identify age-dependent effects, future studies should examine links between timing or chronicity of prospectively reported childhood trauma and social cognition. Understanding of how childhood experiences shape ToM could reveal mechanisms underlying social cognition development and inform prevention efforts.
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Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: Child Psychiatry Hum Dev Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: Child Psychiatry Hum Dev Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos