History of Childhood Maltreatment, Trauma Symptoms, and Go/No-Go Task Performance in College Students.

The Go/No-Go task measures inhibitory control, a cognitive process that plays an important role in a range of adaptive contexts. Adults with childhood maltreatment (CM) history have been found to be vulnerable to mental health difficulties, emotional dysregulation, and college adaptation problems. W...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma Vol. 34; no. 9; pp. 1435 - 1447
Main Authors: Peterson, Eric, Schaller, Sarah Smith, Peake, Mackenzie, Welsh, Marilyn
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2025
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=188645386&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ccm
    uiTerm: 188645386
    longDbName: CINAHL Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    dissinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        10926771
        3XT
      jtl: Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma
      issn: 10926771
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: Sep2025
      vid: 34
      iid: 9
      pid: 377
      pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    artinfo:
      ui:
        188645386
        188306751
        188645386
        188645386
        10.1080/10926771.2025.2566185
        188645386
      ppf: 1435
      ppct: 12
      formats:
      tig:
        atl: History of Childhood Maltreatment, Trauma Symptoms, and Go/No-Go Task Performance in College Students.
      aug:
        au:
          Peterson, Eric
          Schaller, Sarah Smith
          Peake, Mackenzie
          Welsh, Marilyn
        affil: School of Psychological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, USA
      sug:
        subj:
          Students, College Psychosocial Factors
          Child Abuse Psychosocial Factors
          Psychological Trauma Psychosocial Factors
          Executive Function Evaluation
          Control (Psychology) Evaluation
          Cognition Evaluation
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Human
          Male
          Female
          Adolescence
          Young Adult
          Prospective Studies
          Comparative Studies
          Descriptive Statistics
          Questionnaires
          Retrospective Design
          Record Review
          Correlational Studies
          Emotions
          Support, Psychosocial
          Emotional Regulation
          Adaptation, Psychological
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: The Go/No-Go task measures inhibitory control, a cognitive process that plays an important role in a range of adaptive contexts. Adults with childhood maltreatment (CM) history have been found to be vulnerable to mental health difficulties, emotional dysregulation, and college adaptation problems. We examined whether maltreatment history and trauma symptoms, both independently and jointly, predict Go/No-Go performance in a task manipulated across three blocks to include emotional content. College students (N = 165) completed surveys on maltreatment history and current trauma symptoms and performed a Go/No-Go task with stimuli varying across three blocks: Color, Neutral-Face, and Emotion-Face (Anger-Face and Fear-Face). CM history and current trauma systems correlated only with the No-Go trials in the Emotion-Face condition. CTQ scores for Emotional Abuse, Sexual Abuse, and Total Maltreatment scores, and several trauma symptoms, including TSC-40 Depression and Anxiety, were negatively correlated with Fear-Face No-Go accuracy. Depression moderated the pathway between Emotional Abuse and Fear-Face No-Go accuracy, such that participants with emotional-abuse history and current depression experienced the greatest Go/No-Go performance difficulty. These findings suggest that college students with both maltreatment history and current depression may experience inhibitory control difficulties, particularly in emotionally charged real-world situations.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype:
        research
        tables/charts
        Journal Article
      ougenre: Article
    language: English
    refInfo:
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N