Table 1 Characteristics of the Original Sample
From: The invisible scars of emotional abuse: a common and highly harmful form of childhood maltreatment
Sample characteristics | n | Mean (SE)/% |
|---|---|---|
Age – years (18–52 years) | 443 | 21.2 (0.2) |
Sex | ||
 Female | 350 | 79 |
 Male | 93 | 21 |
Childhood Maltreatment (CM) | ||
 Without CM | 115 | 26 |
 At least one CM | 328 | 74 |
 Physical Abuse | 132 | 29.8 |
 Sexual Abuse | 94 | 21.2 |
 Emotional Abuse | 260 | 58.7 |
 Physical Neglect | 92 | 20.8 |
 Emotional Neglect | 187 | 42.2 |
 Two or more CM | 223 | 50.3 |
Mean quantity of types of traumatic events after 12 years (SE) | 443 | 5.6 (0.1) |