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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 22.
Published in final edited form as: Child Abuse Negl. 2020 Feb 14;102:104413. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104413

Table 1:

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Sample (N=55)

Maltreated Children N=19 Control Children N=36 Statistic p-value
Age 12.3 ± 2.1 11.4 ± 1.9 F (1) = 1.85
p = ns
Sex (% Female / %Male) 42% / 58% 60% / 40% X2=1.03
p = ns
Race (EA/AA or Biracial) 90% / 10% 85% / 15% X2=2.5
p = ns
Hollingshead Socioeconomic Status 3.17 ± 1.5 3.51 ± 1.4 F (1) = 0.31
p = ns
SCARED Questionnaire 30.7 ± 17.0 15.4 ± 6.1 F (1) = 19.5
p < .001
Y-VACS Intra-familial Adversity Score 22.0 ± 9.9 9.6 ± 7.9 F (1) = 25.4
p < .001
Y-VACS Extra-familial Adversity Score 6.8 ± 2.1 5.2 ± 3.1 F (1) = 4.1
p < .05
Y-VACS Total Adversity Score 28.8 ± 10.5 14.8 ± 9.2 c F (1) 25.9
p < .001
High Social Support Rating for Mother 42.1% 77.7% X2 = 18.5
p < .002

Abbreviations: EA=European American; AA=African American; Y-VACS=Yale-Vermont Adverse Childhood Experiences Scale; SCARED=Screen for Child Anxiety and Related Emotional Disorders scale.