Executive Function and Psychosocial Adjustment in Adolescent Survivors of Pediatric Brain Tumor.

IF 1.6 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY

Developmental Neuropsychology Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Epub Date: 2021-03-30 DOI:10.1080/87565641.2021.1900191

A Puhr, E Ruud, V Anderson, B J Due-Tønnessen, A B Skarbø, A Finset, S Andersson

引用次数: 8

Abstract

Adolescent survivors of pediatric brain tumor (PBT) are a sparsely studied subset of childhood cancer survivors. Sustaining a PBT may complicate the development of executive functions (EFs), which play a vital role in long-term psychosocial adjustment. In this study, 48 adolescent survivors and their parents completed questionnaires assessing EF, psychological symptoms, fatigue, and adaptive functioning, and 26 survivors underwent neuropsychological assessment. Survivors reported significantly more problems with adaptive functioning than a healthy control group, and this was most strongly associated to executive dysfunction, compared to psychological symptoms and fatigue. The findings have important implications for long-term follow-ups.

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儿童脑肿瘤青少年幸存者的执行功能和心理社会适应。

儿童脑肿瘤(PBT)的青少年幸存者是儿童癌症幸存者中很少研究的一个子集。维持PBT可能会使执行功能(EFs)的发展复杂化，而执行功能在长期的社会心理适应中起着至关重要的作用。在这项研究中，48名青少年幸存者及其父母完成了EF、心理症状、疲劳和适应功能的问卷调查，26名幸存者进行了神经心理学评估。与健康对照组相比，幸存者报告的适应功能问题明显更多，与心理症状和疲劳相比，这与执行功能障碍的关系最为密切。这些发现对长期随访具有重要意义。

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Developmental Neuropsychology 医学-心理学

CiteScore

2.80

自引率

6.70%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Devoted to exploring relationships between brain and behavior across the life span, Developmental Neuropsychology publishes scholarly papers on the appearance and development of behavioral functions, such as language, perception, and social, motivational and cognitive processes as they relate to brain functions and structures. Appropriate subjects include studies of changes in cognitive function—brain structure relationships across a time period, early cognitive behaviors in normal and brain-damaged children, plasticity and recovery of function after early brain damage, the development of complex cognitive and motor skills, and specific and nonspecific disturbances, such as learning disabilities, mental retardation, schizophrenia, stuttering, and developmental aphasia. In the gerontologic areas, relevant subjects include neuropsychological analyses of normal age-related changes in brain and behavioral functions, such as sensory, motor, cognitive, and adaptive abilities; studies of age-related diseases of the nervous system; and recovery of function in later life. Empirical studies, research reviews, case reports, critical commentaries, and book reviews are featured in each issue. By publishing both basic and clinical studies of the developing and aging brain, the journal encourages additional scholarly work that advances understanding of the field of lifespan developmental neuropsychology.