Table 2.
Frequency of maltreatment and adversity characteristics by child sex
| Characteristic | (n=176) % (n) |
Male (n=58) (%) |
Female (n=117) (%) |
X2 a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maltreatment Types | ||||
| Emotional abuse | 36.4 (64) | 42.2 | 57.8 | 3.73 |
| Physical abuse | 34.1 (60) | 43.3 | 56.7 | 4.23* |
| Sexual abuse | 67.0 (118) | 21.4 | 78.6 | 22.09** |
| Emotional neglect | 26.7 (47) | 43.5 | 56.5 | 3.01 |
| Physical neglect | 34.1 (60) | 41.7 | 58.3 | 2.99 |
| Other Adversity Types | ||||
| Exposure to domestic violence | 53.4 (94) | 33.3 | 66.7 | .003 |
| Parent substance use difficulty | 43.2 (76) | 37.3 | 62.7 | 1.04 |
| Parent with mental illness | 52.3 (92) | 36.3 | 63.7 | .83 |
| Parent incarcerated | 18.2 (32) | 38.7 | 61.3 | .53 |
| Parent separated/divorced | 70.5 (124) | 35.0 | 65.0 | .62 |
Note: Maltreatment and adversity categories are not mutually exclusive.
a
These analyses are based on a sample n=175.
*
p < .05,
**
p <.001