Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample.
| Measure | Assaulted Girls (n=15) |
Non-Assaulted Girls (n=15) |
P value of group difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 15.07 (1.10) | 14.27 (1.28) | 0.08 |
| Ethnicity | 56% Caucasian | 60% Caucasian | 0.77 |
| 19% African-American | 33% African-American | ||
| 6% biracial | 7% biracial | ||
| 6% Hispanic | 0% Hispanic | ||
| Direct Assaults | 3.67 (2.61) | 0 (0) | < 0.001* |
| Age at First Assault | 7.27 (3.35) | n/a | |
| Age at Last Assault | 12.13 (2.97) | n/a | |
| Time since Last Assault | 2.93 (3.06) | n/a | |
| Physical Assault from Caregiver | 73% | 0 | < 0.001* |
| Physical Assault from Non-Caregiver | 73% | 0 | < 0.001* |
| Sexual Assault | 53% | 0 | < 0.001* |
| Current PTSD | 20% | 0% | 0.07 |
| Past PTSD | 40% | 0% | 0.01* |
| Current GAD | 20% | 0% | 0.07 |
| Past GAD | 6.7% | 0% | 0.31 |
| Current MDD | 13% | 0% | 0.5 |
| Past MDD | 25% | 0% | 0.3 |
| Current Alcohol Abuse | 13.3% | 0% | 0.10 |
| Past Alcohol Abuse | 26.7% | 0% | 0.017* |
| Current Substance Abuse | 0% | 0% | n.a. |
| Past Substance Abuse | 13.3% | 0% | 0.10 |
| UCLA PTSD Symptoms | 23.73 (20.44) | 4.3 (10.3) | 0.003* |
| Taking Psychotropic Medication | 33% | 0% | .03* |
| CBCL anxious | 5.53 (5.29) | 2.87 (3.2) | 0.11 |
| CBCL depressed | 4.47 (3.76) | 1.2 (2.1) | 0.007* |
| Verbal IQ | 100.80 (11.01) | 109.0 (18.96) | 0.16 |
Note.
*
indicates significant between-group differences. Values in parentheses indicate SD.