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September 18, 2025Child Abuse & NeglectOpen Access

Maltreatment and executive functioning in childhood and adolescence − A multilevel meta-analysis

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APAnastasiia PerevoznikovaPBPhilipp BergerCWCharlotte Grosse Wiesmann

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Overview

Meta-analysis reveals maltreated children show moderate executive functioning deficits, indicating crucial developmental impacts.

Key Points

  • Maltreated children exhibited moderate deficits in executive functioning across various domains, highlighting significant cognitive impacts.
  • The meta-analysis included data from 59 studies and analyzed 92 effect sizes, with a total of 13,022 participants, underscoring robust findings.
  • A multilevel mixed-effects meta-analysis assessed the influence of child maltreatment dimensions and characteristics as moderators of executive functioning.
  • The research underscores the need for further exploration into the relationship between maltreatment types and their effects on cognitive development.

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Perevoznikova et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d433b8713b0b5dfea736c3https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107663
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