period of adolescence, may influence the development of the prefrontal cortex and lead to poor problem‐solving skills. While this association was observed in the full sample, in the sex‐stratified analysis, this association was only significant in female participants who have experienced a nonsexual assaultive trauma, suggesting that sexual assaultive trauma may influence planning/problem‐solving ability in female individuals. While studies have investigated sex differences in planning and problem‐solving tasks, such as the TOLT, no study to our knowledge has investigated the influences of trauma type on planning and problem‐solving ability of executive function in male and female individuals separately. Future studies should investigate sex differences and trauma type when considering the effects of trauma on planning and problem‐solving aspects of executive function and should also investigate whether early trauma directly influences the development of executive functions, as well as PTSD and alcohol dependence in adulthood.
