@article {349131,
	title = {Does developmental timing of exposure to child maltreatment predict memory performance in adulthood? Results from a large, population-based sample},
	journal = {Child Abuse \& Neglect},
	year = {2016},
	abstract = {Although maltreatment is a known risk factor for multiple\&nbsp;adverse outcomes across the lifespan, its effects on cognitive\&nbsp;development, especially memory, are poorly understood. Using data from a\&nbsp;large, nationally representative sample of young adults (Add Health), we\&nbsp;examined the effects of physical and sexual abuse on working and short-term\&nbsp;memory in adulthood. We examined the association between exposure\&nbsp;to maltreatment as well as its timing of first onset after adjusting for\&nbsp;covariates. Of our sample, 16.50\% of respondents were exposed to\&nbsp;physical abuse and 4.36 \% to sexual abuse by age 17. An analysis\&nbsp;comparing unexposed respondents to those exposed to physical or sexual\&nbsp;abuse did not yield any significant differences in adult memory\&nbsp;performance. However, two developmental time periods emerged as\&nbsp;important for shaping memory following exposure to sexual abuse, but in\&nbsp;opposite ways. Relative to non-exposed respondents, those exposed to\&nbsp;sexual abuse during early childhood (ages 3-5), had better number recall\&nbsp;and those first exposed during adolescence (ages 14-17) had worse number\&nbsp;recall. However, other variables, including socioeconomic status, played\&nbsp;a larger role (than maltreatment) on working and short-term memory. We\&nbsp;conclude that a simple examination of "exposed" versus "unexposed"\&nbsp;respondents may obscure potentially important within-group differences\&nbsp;that are revealed by examining the effects of age at onset to\&nbsp;maltreatment.},
	url = {doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.10.014},
	author = {Erin C. Dunn and Daniel S. Busso and Miriam R. Raffeld and Charles A. Nelson and Jordan W. Smoller and Alysa E. Doyle and Luk, Gigi}
}
