Table 2.
Prevalence of Exposure to Specific Types of Abuse and Other Potentially Traumatic Events After Age of Petition for Abused and Neglected Children Grown Up by Sex (N = 674)
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | OR | 95% CI | |
| Type of abuse or neglect | ||||||
| Sexual | 20 | 5.9 | 76 | 22.5 | 4.61*** | 2.75–7.75 |
| Physical | 63 | 18.6 | 47 | 13.9 | 0.71 | 0.47–1.07 |
| Neglect | 286 | 84.6 | 257 | 76.0 | 0.58** | 0.39–0.85 |
| More than one type of abuse/neglect | 30 | 8.9 | 40 | 11.8 | 1.38 | 0.84–2.27 |
| Other potentially traumatic events after age of petitiona | ||||||
| Rape | 3 | 0.9 | 81 | 24.0 | 35.20b*** | 10.99–112.69 |
| Military combat | 4 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | Not calculable | Not calculable |
| Physical assault | 49 | 14.5 | 40 | 11.8 | 0.79 | 0.51–1.24 |
| Seeing someone hurt or killed | 63 | 18.6 | 37 | 10.9 | 0.54** | 0.35–0.83 |
| Disaster | 10 | 3.0 | 12 | 3.6 | 1.21 | 0.51–2.83 |
| Threat | 34 | 10.1 | 31 | 9.2 | 0.90 | 0.54–1.51 |
| Narrow escape | 9 | 2.7 | 8 | 2.4 | 0.89 | 0.34–2.33 |
| Sudden injury or accident | 52 | 15.4 | 26 | 7.7 | 0.46** | 0.28–0.75 |
| News of sudden death or accident | 27 | 8.0 | 31 | 9.2 | 1.16 | 0.68–2.00 |
| Other event | 17 | 5.0 | 20 | 5.9 | 1.19 | 0.61–2.31 |
| Seeing another’s experience | 2 | 0.6 | 9 | 2.7 | 4.60 | 0.99–21.43 |
| Any qualifying event | 194 | 57.4 | 200 | 59.2 | 1.08 | 0.79–1.46 |
| Two or more qualifying events | 75 | 22.2 | 97 | 28.7 | 1.41* | 1.00–2.00 |
a
Other potentially traumatic events occurred after the age of petition for abuse/neglect and, therefore, are in addition to the documented abuse/neglect experience on which entry into the study was based.
b
p Value determined by Fisher’s exact test due to counts of less than 5 for some cells.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.