Table 4.
Caretaker functioning and environmental correlates by the number of different types of maltreatment
| No or one type of maltreatment | Two to three different types of maltreatment | Four different types of maltreatment | Sig. Test | ||||
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| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Child gender | χ2 = .7 | ||||||
| Male | 56 | (53.5) | 84 | (48.0) | 12 | (52.2) | |
| Female | 49 | (46.7) | 91 | (52.0) | 11 | (47.8) | |
| Child ethnicity | χ2 = .1 | ||||||
| White | 97 | (92.4) | 153 | (87.4) | 18 | (78.3) | |
| Minority | 8 | (7.6) | 22 | (12.6) | 5 | (21.7) | |
| Child’s age | m = 10.8 | sd = 1.1 | m = 10.8 | sd = 1.1 | m = 11.1 | sd = 1.4 | F = .4 |
| Parent’s education | m = 11.8 | sd = 4.1 | m = 12.3 | sd = 3.7 | m = 11.3 | sd = 3.5 | F = 1.2 |
| Mother’s mental illness | χ2 = 12.3** | ||||||
| No | 78 | (92.9) | 113 | (86.3) | 9 | (60.0) | |
| Yes | 6 | (7.1) | 18 | (13.7) | 6 | (40.0) | |
| Mother’s substance abuse | χ2 = 2.5 | ||||||
| No | 63 | (75.0) | 85 | (64.9) | 10 | (66.7) | |
| Yes | 21 | (25.0) | 46 | (35.1) | 5 | (33.3) | |
| Domestic violence | χ2 = 18.5*** | ||||||
| No | 79 | (94.0) | 101 | (77.1) | 8 | (53.3) | |
| Yes | 5 | (6.0) | 30 | (22.0) | 7 | (46.7) | |
Note.
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01;
***
p < .001