Research suggests that the dimensions of childhood maltreatment (type, age of onset, duration, frequency and perpetrator) play an important role in determining health and wellbeing outcomes, though little information is available on these dimensions for any care experienced cohorts. This study aimed to determine if any variation in maltreatment dimensions were experienced between two subsets of the nationally representative Australian Child Maltreatment Study, both of which reported childhood maltreatment histories: care-experienced (n = 358) and non-care-experienced (n = 4922). Using a series of independent t-tests and chi-square tests, we compared the two groups on seven dimensions (number of maltreatment types, range of maltreatment items, age of onset, duration, frequency, perpetrator number, and perpetrator type) for the five child maltreatment types (physical, emotional, sexual abuse, neglect, and exposure to domestic violence). Results showed that the care-experienced group repo...
| Authors | Harris, LG; Higgins, DJ; Willis, ML; Lawrence, D; Meinck, F; Thomas, HJ; Malacova, E; Scott, JG; Pacella, R; Haslam, DM |
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| Journal | Child maltreatment |
| Pages | 10775595241297944 |
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| Date | 5/12/2024 |
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| URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=10.1177/10775595241297944 |