Family-based care buffers the stress sensitizing effect of early deprivation on executive functioning difficulties in adolescence.
Child Dev
; 94(1): e43-e56, 2023 01.
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| ID: mdl-36254858
ABSTRACT
We examined whether family care following early-life deprivation buffered the association between stressful life events (SLEs) and executive functioning (EF) in adolescence. In early childhood, 136 institutionally reared children were randomly assigned to foster care or care-as-usual; 72 never-institutionalized children served as a comparison group. At age 16 years, adolescents (n = 143; 54% female; 67.1% Romanian) self-reported recent SLEs, completed a battery of memory and EF tasks, and completed a go/nogo task in which mediofrontal theta power (MFTP) was measured using electroencephalogram. More independent SLEs predicted lower EF and more dependent SLEs predicted lower MFTP, but only among adolescents with prolonged early deprivation. Findings provide preliminary evidence that family care following early deprivation may facilitate resilience against stress during adolescence on EF.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Child, Institutionalized
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Executive Function
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Child Dev
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
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