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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Adolesc Behav. 2017 Sep 28;5(5):357. doi: 10.4172/2375-4494.1000357

Table 3a.

Association between PTSD and sexual abuse profile at baseline (Bivariate Analysis).

PTSD
Partial PTSD
N=9
Full PTSD
N=182
N (%) N (%) p-value
Relationship to perpetrator
Stranger 6 (7.9) 70 (92.1) 0.347
Acquaintance 2 (2.0) 99 (98.0)
Non parental care giver 0 (.0) 3 (100.0)
Biological parent 1 (11.1) 10 (88.9)
Perpetrators acts
Vagina anal penetration 7 (4.1) 163 (95.9) 0.167
Touching the genitals 2 (18.2) 9 (81.8)
What perpetrator made victim to do
Nothing 2 (6.7) 14 (93.3) <0.0001
Touching genitals 7 (4.1) 165 (95.9)
Oral copulation 0 (.0) 3 (100.0)
Frequency of abuse
Once 4 (4.3) 88 (95.7) 0.060
Twice 1 (2.6) 37 (97.4)
Three times 0 (.0) 30 (100.0)
Four times 3 (18.8) 13 (81.3)
More than four times 1 (6.7) 14 (93.3)
How long ago did the abuse take place
Days 6 (11.9) 37 (88.1) 0.043
Weeks 0 (.0) 4 (100.0)
Months 3 (2.3) 126 (97.7)
Years 0 (.0) 15 (100.0)
First person to tell of the abuse
Mother 5 (3.6) 145 (96.4) 0.419
Father 0 (.0) 8 (100.0)
Guardian 0 (.0) 8 (100.0)
Friend 1 (10.0) 10 (90.0)
Teacher 3 (16.7) 11 (83.3)
How long before sharing
Same day of abuse 3 (2.8) 105 (97.2) 0.022
One day after the abuse 1 (2.2) 45 (97.8)
One week after the abuse 2 (25.0) 8 (75.0)
One month after the abuse 3 (11.1) 24 (88.9)

To find out if there was any association between social demographic characteristics and sexual abuse profile. Bivariate analysis conducted indicated that PTSD was associated with perpetrator acts (p<0.0001), how long ago the abuse had taken place (p=0.043), how long before sharing the incidence (p=0.02).