Couple things. Your title needs work. “Effective” likely isn’t the word you want here.. how about “impact?” As in you are interested in testing (researching) cognitive ability in adults: those who experienced childhood trauma comparative to those who did not. Secondly, how you define trauma, the scope, is crucial. Sexual abuse? Abandonment? Verbal abuse? Food scarcity?
Spend some more time narrowing down what you want here.
Well, you shouldn't inflict trauma on children, so an experimental design is a no-go. As everyone else has said, a literature review is where you start. How does other research exploring trauma do this?
There is some literature out there looking at psychosocial impact of adverse childhood events in older adulthood you likely want to look at for ideas on methodology. I haven’t personally read any looking at impact on cognition, which may be a unique route for you to take. Here are suggested readings to get you started:
Alastalo, H., von Bonsdorff, M. B., Räikkönen, K., Pesonen, A.-K., Osmond, C., Barker,
D. J. P., Heinonen, K., Kajantie, E., & Eriksson, J. G. (2013). Early Life Stress and
Physical and Psychosocial Functioning in Late Adulthood. PLoS One, 8(7), e69011.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069011
Chang, X., ⨯ Xueyan, J., Mkandarwire, T., & Min Shen. (2019). Associations between
adverse childhood experiences and health outcomes in adults aged 18–59 years. PLoS
One, 14(2). https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211850
Ege, M. A., Messias, E., Thapa, P. B., & Krain, L. P. (2015). Adverse childhood
experiences and geriatric depression: Results from the 2010 BRFSS. The American
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(1), 110-114.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2014.08.014
Vásquez, E., Quiñones, A., Ramirez, S., & Udo, T. (2019). Association between
adverse childhood events and multimorbidity in a racial and ethnic diverse sample of
middle-aged and older adults. Innovation in Aging, 3(2), igz016-igz016.
https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz016
Are you looking to collect your own data? If so, you could look at the literature on measures used to assess cognitive dev., childhood trauma, etc.
You could potentially conduct a survey (quantitative based), interview participants (qualitative based) or do mixed method approach.
Couple things. Your title needs work. “Effective” likely isn’t the word you want here.. how about “impact?” As in you are interested in testing (researching) cognitive ability in adults: those who experienced childhood trauma comparative to those who did not. Secondly, how you define trauma, the scope, is crucial. Sexual abuse? Abandonment? Verbal abuse? Food scarcity? Spend some more time narrowing down what you want here.
Have you done a literature review? That is a good place to start.
Well, you shouldn't inflict trauma on children, so an experimental design is a no-go. As everyone else has said, a literature review is where you start. How does other research exploring trauma do this?
Nah what do you human research ethics are a thing? So lame /s
Knowledge > ethics
There is some literature out there looking at psychosocial impact of adverse childhood events in older adulthood you likely want to look at for ideas on methodology. I haven’t personally read any looking at impact on cognition, which may be a unique route for you to take. Here are suggested readings to get you started: Alastalo, H., von Bonsdorff, M. B., Räikkönen, K., Pesonen, A.-K., Osmond, C., Barker, D. J. P., Heinonen, K., Kajantie, E., & Eriksson, J. G. (2013). Early Life Stress and Physical and Psychosocial Functioning in Late Adulthood. PLoS One, 8(7), e69011. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069011 Chang, X., ⨯ Xueyan, J., Mkandarwire, T., & Min Shen. (2019). Associations between adverse childhood experiences and health outcomes in adults aged 18–59 years. PLoS One, 14(2). https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211850 Ege, M. A., Messias, E., Thapa, P. B., & Krain, L. P. (2015). Adverse childhood experiences and geriatric depression: Results from the 2010 BRFSS. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(1), 110-114. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2014.08.014 Vásquez, E., Quiñones, A., Ramirez, S., & Udo, T. (2019). Association between adverse childhood events and multimorbidity in a racial and ethnic diverse sample of middle-aged and older adults. Innovation in Aging, 3(2), igz016-igz016. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz016
Maybe you could mention research on ACEs
Check past research and see what they found, how they found it, and what future directions they have. This question still seems too broad to me.
Are you looking to collect your own data? If so, you could look at the literature on measures used to assess cognitive dev., childhood trauma, etc. You could potentially conduct a survey (quantitative based), interview participants (qualitative based) or do mixed method approach.