APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Attentional Control after Childhood Adversity: Evaluating Temperament As a Moderating Factor
- Claire Beach
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - Bret Eschman
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Abstract
We will examine how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) affect attentional control, and whether temperament moderates this relationship. Undergraduates will complete the Adult Temperament Questionnaire, ACEs survey, and two attentional control tasks (with eye-tracking). We predict that ACEs will impair attentional control, with temperament potentially providing a protective moderating influence.
Attention and Distraction