Table 3. Correlations Between Forms of Maltreatment in Childhood and Difficulties in Working Memory Capacity.
Working memory | Forms of maltreatment in childhood |
Witnessing family abuse | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Psychological abuse | Physical abuse | Neglect | ||
Verbal memory | .307** | .222** | .201** | .321** |
Numerical memory | .229** | .189** | .200** | .247** |
Executive functioning | .352** | .277** | .189** | .288** |
Attention | .306** | .213** | .211** | .336** |
Total working memory | .349** | .262** | .232** | .349** |
*p < .01. **p < .001.