. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2009 Summer;21(3):889–912. doi: 10.1017/S0954579409000480

Table 1.

Comparison of Maltreated and Nonmaltreated Children on Behavioral Functioning and Personality Measures

Variables	Nonmaltreated	Maltreated
	M (SD)	M (SD)	F
Maltreatment Measures
Subtype (0 = PN/EM, 1 = PA/SA)	NA	46^a	NA
Number of subtypes (0 = 1~2, 1 = 3~4)	NA	27^a	NA
Chronicity (0 = limited, 1 = chronic)	NA	39^a	NA
Early onset (0 = later onset, 1 = early onset)	NA	78^a	NA
Behavior Problems
Externalizing Symptomatology	50.98 (8.49)	56.72 (9.76)	24.56^*
Internalizing Symptomatology	50.62 (8.37)	52.37 (8.27)	2.62
Personality Dimensions
Ego-resiliency	.31 (.28)	.16 (.31)	16.18^*
Ego-control	−.04 (.23)	.10 (.26)	20.26^*

Note. Univariate df = 1, 253. NA = not applicable.

Percentage of children falling in the category coded as 1.

p < .05.