Longitudinal pathways linking child maltreatment, emotion regulation, peer relations, and psychopathology

. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 16.

Published in final edited form as: J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2009 Dec 29;51(6):706–716. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02202.x

	Emotion Regulation		Contrasts
	M	SD	Contrasts
Maltreatment subtypes^a			SA, PA, NG < NM
Nonmaltreated (NM, n = 206)	3.03	.47
Sexual Abuse (SA, n = 29)^b	2.81	.41
Physical Abuse (PA, n = 70)	2.82	.42
Neglect (NG, n = 89)	2.81	.46
Emotional Maltreatment (EM, n = 27)	2.92	.46
F (df)	5.77^* (4, 416)
Number of maltreatment subtypes^a			LO, HI < NM
Nonmaltreated (NM, n = 206)	3.03	.47
Low (1~2; LO, n = 147)	2.87	.45
High (3~4; HI, n = 68)	2.73	.40
F (df)	13.12^* (2, 418)
Onset of maltreatment^a			EO < NM
Nonmaltreated (NM, n = 206)	3.03	.47
Earlier onset (EO, n = 181)	2.81	.43
Later onset (LO, n = 34)	2.90	.49
F (df)	11.43 ^* (2, 418)

Note.

Significant difference by maltreatment groups by Tukey range tests (p < .05).

A linear contrast was tested for SA vs. NM (t = 2.48, p < .05). Letters for Contrasts designate groups that are significantly different at the .05 level.

p < .05.