Table 3.

Physical abuse scale item means for black and white respondents adjusted for total physical abuse scale score, age, sex, education level, and marital status

	MSSSRP 2003 (N = 832)				MAS 1997 (N = 967)
	Adjusted mean and standard error		Effect sized		Adjusted mean and standard error		Effect sized
	Blacks (n = 373)	Whites (n = 459)	d	P	Blacks (n = 428)	Whites (n = 539)	d	P
Physical abuse
Hit hard enough...doctor	1.06 (0.02)	1.07 (0.03)	−0.01	.90	1.09 (0.02)	1.11 (0.02)	−0.04	.45
Hit hard enough...bruises	1.14 (0.03)	1.28 (0.03)	−0.23	<.01	1.19 (0.03)	1.27 (0.03)	−0.13	.02
Punished with hard objects	2.23 (0.04)	2.09 (0.04)	0.18	<.01	2.09 (0.04)	1.94 (0.04)	0.18	<.01
Was physically abused	1.05 (0.03)	1.17 (0.03)	−0.19	<.01	1.15 (0.03)	1.23 (0.03)	−0.13	.03
Hit badly enough...noticed	1.06 (0.02)	1.07 (0.02)	−0.02	.69	1.05 (0.02)	1.10 (0.02)	−0.15	.01
Emotional abuse
Called...“stupid,” “lazy,” or “ugly”	1.45 (0.04)	1.42 (0.04)	0.03	.56	1.47 (0.03)	1.44 (0.03)	0.05	.39
Parents wished never born	1.20 (0.03)	1.18 (0.03)	0.03	.58	1.19 (0.03)	1.19 (0.03)	0.00	.98
Said hurtful or insulting things	1.42 (0.03)	1.47 (0.03)	−0.08	.19	1.48 (0.03)	1.53 (0.03)	−0.09	.14
Someone in my family hated me	1.26 (0.03)	1.25 (0.03)	0.01	.83	1.24 (0.03)	1.22 (0.03)	0.03	.60
Was emotionally abused	1.23 (0.04)	1.31 (0.05)	−0.09	.12	1.29 (0.03)	1.36 (0.03)	−0.10	.13
Sexual abuse
Tried to touch me in a sexual way	1.13 (0.01)	1.13 (0.01)	−0.01	.89	1.13 (0.01)	1.14 (0.01)	−0.02	.73
Threatened to hurt me or tell lies	1.11 (0.02)	1.08 (0.02)	0.08	.18	1.07 (0.01)	1.06 (0.01)	0.04	.45
Tried to make me do sexual things	1.11 (0.01)	1.12 (0.02)	−0.04	.54	1.08 (0.01)	1.08 (0.01)	−0.02	.80
Someone molested me	1.12 (0.02)	1.13 (0.02)	−0.04	.46	1.10 (0.01)	1.10 (0.01)	−0.01	.89
Was sexually abused	1.10 (0.02)	1.14 (0.02)	−0.09	.12	1.08 (0.02)	1.10 (0.02)	−0.04	.14

MSSSRP = Mid-South Social Survey Research Program, MAS = Memphis Area Study.