Child maltreatment and later cognitive functioning: a systematic review

This systematic review sought to assess the impact of child maltreatment on cognitive functioning. Seventeen papers from Medline, PsycINFO, Embase and Amed (1995-2011) databases were analyzed based on inclusion/exclusion criteria. The studies have shown that maltreatment during childhood has deleter...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Quarti Irigaray, Janaína Barbosa Pacheco, Rodrigo Grassi-Oliveira, Rochele Paz Fonseca, José Carlos de Carvalho Leite, Christian Haag Kristensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2013-01-01
Series:Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722013000200018&lng=en&tlng=en