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 |
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| Child samples (n = 4) | |||
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| 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% |
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| Adolescent samples (n = 2) | |||
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| - | - | - | - |
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| Emerging adult or adult samples (n = 3) | |||
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| 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% |
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| Combined age (0–29 years) samples (n = 5) | |||
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| 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.