. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 18.

Published in final edited form as: J Elder Abuse Negl. 2014;26(3):244–269. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2013.820656

TABLE 3.

Frequency of Thematic Codes on Five Dimensions of Elder Mistreatment by Type of Participant Response

Interviews	Focus groups
Experts and professionals (27–67 years old)^a	Chinese seniors (≥ 60 years old)^a	Korean seniors (≥ 60 years old)^b	Chinese caregivers (30–59 years old)^a	Korean college students (20–29 years old)^b	All participants^c
Psychological or emotional abuse
223	37	22	24	19	325
Neglect by a trusted person
129	41	18	17	22	227
Financial exploitation
122	20	3	6	5	156
Physical abuse
80	6	1	4	3	94
Sexual abuse
10	0	0	0	2	12

Note. In analyzing interview and focus group transcripts, investigators viewed each passage of participant speech as a separate unit of analysis. They assigned thematic codes to each passage based on their interpretation of content. A unit could have more than one code. Hierarchical codes (one included within another) were also used. The total number of times that each thematic code appeared in an interview or focus group discussion was computed. Thematic codes were broadly categorized into five dimensions of elder mistreatment: psychological or emotional abuse, neglect by a trusted person, financial exploitation, physical abuse, and sexual abuse.

n = 20.

n = 10.

N = 80.