Child maltreatment, peer victimization, and social anxiety in adulthood: a cross-sectional study in a treatment-seeking sample

Table 1 Demographic Characteristics, Child Maltreatment and Peer Victimization in the total Sample, Patients with SAD, and Patients with other Disorders

Characteristics	Total (n = 1091)		SAD+/− (n = 192)		OD+/− (n = 899)
	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	χ²Test (p)
Gender							.371
Male	401	36.76	76	39.58	325	36.15
Female	690	63.24	116	60.42	574	63.85
Child Maltreatment
Emotional abuse	497	46.80	87	47.03	410	46.75	.945
Physical abuse	273	25.30	51	26.84	222	24.97	.590
Sexual abuse	179	16.70	27	14.21	152	17.23	.311
Emotional neglect	422	39.89	77	41.62	345	39.52	.596
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	t-Test (p)
Age	34.83	12.11	31.29	10.00	35.60	12.39	< .001
Peer Victimization	11.85	8.38	13.53	8.73	11.49	8.26	.003

Note. M Mean, SD Standard Deviation, SAD+/− Social anxiety disorder with or without comorbidity, OD+/− Other disorders with or without comorbidity. Child maltreatment threshold for clinical significance in CTQ established by Walker et al. [37]

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