Memory Processess in Abused and Neglected Children

受虐待和被忽视儿童的记忆过程

基本信息

批准号：
7227113
负责人：
Sheree Lynn Toth
金额：
$ 29.11万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2004
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2004-05-05 至 2009-02-28
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7227113
关键词：
Acute Address Affect Age-Years Brain Child Child Abuse and Neglect Computer information processing Condition Development Developmental Process Disease Dissociation Event Gender Goals Household Intervention Investigation Knowledge Legal Literature Memory Numbers Nursery Schools Operative Surgical Procedures Policies Population Predisposition Prevention intervention Preventive Intervention Process Psychopathology Rage Recording of previous events Recruitment Activity Reporting Research Resolution School-Age Population Science Series Sexual abuse Social Policies Societies Socioeconomic Status Stress Structure Suggestion Therapeutic Time Translating Translational Research Translations Trauma United States Dept. of Health and Human Services Ursidae Family Work analog base comparison group elementary school experience maltreated children maltreatment memory process neglect programs research study social stressor theories traumatized children

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The field of developmental psychopathology has been characterized by a focus on the bi-directional relations between normal and atypical development, and, as such, lends itself to providing a framework for the translation of research on normal populations toward understanding atypical and disordered populations. As such, a developmental psychopathology perspective serves as a powerful impetus for translating work on memory into the arena of trauma, specifically, into enhancing our understanding of the possible effects of child maltreatment on processes of memory. In this translational research application, we plan to ascertain whether experiences of child maltreatment affect the operation of memory in maltreated children. Toward this goal, we draw from the normative literature on memory in children and systematically apply this knowledge to issues relevant to maltreatment and memory. 1,440 children between 5 and 10 years of age will participate in a series of six studies addressing basic memory processes, information suppression, suggestibility, and false memories. 720 children will have been reported to the local Department of Human and Health Services (DHHS) for concerns related to child maltreatment and 360 non-maltreated children will be demographically comparable to the maltreated children with respect to gender, socio-economic status, racelethnicity, and household composition. Maltreated children will be equally divided among those with histories of Neglect (referred to as the Omission Group) and those with histories of Physical and/or Sexual Abuse (referred to as the Commission Group). A second comparison group of 360 middle socio-economic status children will be recruited to allow for comparisons with the basic memory literature. The research plan is guided by the following specific aims: 1) to ascertain whether basic memory processes operate the same or differently in children with histories of maltreatment; 2) to determine whether maltreated children are more or less prone to information suppression than are children without histories of maltreatment; 3) to assess whether maltreated children are more or less susceptible to suggestibility and to false memories than are non-maltreated children; 4) to examine whether higher levels of psychopathology interfere with maltreated children's memory processes and increase their susceptibility to suggestion and false memories; 5) to translate the findings of these investigations to the social policy arena. The overarching goal of this program of research will be to export these findings into the social policy arena, as well as to inform the provision of interventions of maltreated populations. Thus, the application possesses significant implications for society regarding planning for the needs of children who have been physically abused, sexually abused, or neglected.

描述（由申请人提供）：发育心理病理学领域的特征是重点是正常发展和非典型发展之间的双向关系，因此，它为对正常人群的研究翻译而提供了一个框架，以理解非典型人群和无序人群。因此，发展性心理病理学的观点是将记忆中的工作转化为创伤领域的强大动力，特别是增强了我们对儿童虐待对记忆过程的可能影响的理解。在此转化研究应用程序中，我们计划确定儿童虐待的经历是否影响虐待儿童的记忆运作。为了实现这一目标，我们借鉴了有关儿童记忆的规范文献，并系统地将这些知识应用于与虐待和记忆有关的问题。 1,440名5至10岁之间的儿童将参加一系列六项研究，以解决基本记忆过程，抑制信息，建议性和虚假记忆。有720名儿童将报告给当地的人类和卫生服务部（DHHS），以了解与儿童虐待有关的问题，而在性别，社会经济地位，种族民族和家庭组成方面，将在人口统计学上与虐待儿童相媲美。受虐待的儿童将在有忽视历史的人（称为遗漏小组）和具有身体和/或性虐待历史的人（称为委员会组）。将招募第二个由360个中间社会经济地位的比较组，以允许与基本记忆文献进行比较。研究计划以以下具体目的为指导：1）确定在患有虐待病史的儿童中，基本记忆过程的运作是相同还是不同； 2）确定虐待儿童是否比没有虐待病史的儿童更容易受到信息抑制； 3）评估虐待儿童是否或多或少容易受到暗示性和虚假记忆的影响； 4）检查较高水平的心理病理学是否会干扰儿童的记忆过程，并增加他们对建议和虚假记忆的敏感性； 5）将这些调查的发现转化为社会政策领域。该研究计划的总体目标是将这些发现出口到社会政策领域，并为虐待虐待人群的干预提供信息。因此，该申请对社会对计划对身体受到虐待，性虐待或被忽视的儿童的需求具有重大影响。