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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Maltreat. 2017 Sep 6;23(1):3–24. doi: 10.1177/1077559517728125

Table 4.

Characteristics of Most Commonly Identified Classes of Maltreatment

Indicators of maltreatment Number of studies including these maltreatment types Number of studies identifying this class LCP of respective samples
Child samples (n = 4)

1. Physical 4 2 3.5–12%
2. Neglect 4 2 13.9–49.7%
3. Emotional and neglect 2 2 15–62%
4. Physical, emotional, and neglect 2 2 16%

Adolescent samples (n = 2)

- - - -

Emerging adult or adult samples (n = 3)

1. Low/no abuse - 2 52–86.2%
2. Sexual 3 2 2–19.4%
3. Emotional 3 2 9.7–16%
4. Physical and emotional 3 2 18–37%
5. Physical, sexual, emotional, neglect 2 2 2.1–11%

Combined age (0–29 years) samples (n = 5)

1. Low/no abuse - 4 74–85.1%
2. Physical, sexual, emotional, neglect 2 2 8.7–21%

Note. Neglect (unless indicated) = physical, supervisory, medical, or emotional neglect. To assist with interpretation, probabilities ≥ .50 or above the sample mean were considered in labeling classes. Only classes identified by ≥ 2 studies are presented.