Child abuse and pubertal timing: what is the role of child sex and identity of the perpetrator?

Steger, V.; Stadelmann, S.; White, L.; Döhnert, M.

doi:10.1186/s12888-024-05683-6

BMC Psychiatry

Table 4 Regression analyses SR-Pub—child abuse

From: Child abuse and pubertal timing: what is the role of child sex and identity of the perpetrator?

Gender-independent					Male					Female
Predictor	β	B (SE)	95% CI for B		Predictor	β	B (SE)	95% CI for B		Predictor	β	B (SE)	95% CI for B
Predictor	β	B (SE)	Lower	Upper	Predictor	β	B (SE)	Lower	Upper	Predictor	β	B (SE)	Lower	Upper
Child abuse perpetrator-independent
Step1					Step1					Step1
CN	0.07	0.09	− 0.02	0.32	CN	0.05	0.13	− 0.15	0.38	CN	0.09	0.11	− 0.05	0.40
CPA	− 0.03	0.10	− 0.26	0.12	CPA	− 0.02	0.14	− 0.33	0.23	CPA	− 0.04	0.14	− 0.35	0.19
CEA	0.15***	0.09	0.13	0.49	CEA	0.18**	0.14	0.12	0.66	CEA	0.12	0.12	− 0.01	0.47
Step2					Step2					Step2
CN	0.07	0.09	− 0.04	0.30	CN	0.06	0.14	− 0.14	0.39	CN	0.06	0.11	− 0.11	0.33
CPA	− 0.02	0.10	− 0.24	0.14	CPA	− 0.02	0.14	− 0.32	0.25	CPA	− 0.04	0.13	− 0.35	0.18
CEA	0.14**	0.09	0.10	0.46	CEA	0.18**	0.14	0.11	0.65	CEA	0.10	0.12	− 0.05	0.42
BMI	0.14***	0.01	0.02	0.06	BMI	0.06	0.02	− 0.02	0.05	BMI	0.24***	0.02	0.03	0.09
Child neglect (CN) perpetrator-dependent
Step1					Step1					Step1
CN_m	0.13*	0.11	0.04	0.47	CN_m	0.11	0.19	− 0.12	0.61	CN_m	0.14	0.13	0	0.52
CN_f	− 0.04	0.11	− 0.30	0.15	CNf	− 0.05	0.19	− 0.48	0.27	CN_f	− 0.02	0.14	− 0.32	0.23
Step2					Step2					Step2
CN_m	0.13*	0.11	0.06	0.48	CN_m	0.12	0.19	− 0.12	0.62	CN_m	0.14*	0.13	0.02	0.52
CN_f	− 0.05	0.11	− 0.31	0.12	CN_f	− 0.05	0.19	− 0.48	0.27	CN_f	− 0.07	0.14	− 0.41	0.12
BMI	0.15***	0.01	0.02	0.07	BMI	0.02	0.02	− 0.03	0.04	BMI	0.28***	0.02	0.05	0.11
Child physical abuse (CPA) perpetrator-dependent
Step1					Step1					Step1
CPA_m	− 0.01	0.10	− 0.21	0.19	CPA_m	− 0.02	0.15	− 0.35	0.25	CPA_m	0.01	0.14	− 0.24	0.29
CPA_f	0.06	0.11	− 0.07	0.36	CPA_f	0.11	0.16	− 0.06	0.57	CPA_f	0.02	0.15	− 0.26	0.33
Step2					Step2					Step2
CPA_m	− 0.01	0.10	− 0.21	0.18	CPA_m	− 0.02	0.15	− 0.35	0.25	CPA_m	0.02	0.13	− 0.21	0.30
CPA_f	0.06	0.11	− 0.08	0.35	CPA_f	0.11	0.16	− 0.06	0.57	CPA_f	− 0.01	0.15	− 0.32	0.26
BMI	0.14***	0.01	0.02	0.06	BMI	0.02	0.02	− 0.03	0.04	BMI	0.28***	0.02	0.04	0.11
Child emotional abuse (CEA) perpetrator-dependent
Step1					Step1					Step1
CEA_m	0.05	0.11	− 0.10	0.32	CEA_m	− 0.04	0.16	− 0.39	0.24	CEA_m	0.14*	0.14	0.01	0.57
CEA_f	0.10*	0.10	0.01	0.41	CEA_f	0.20**	0.16	0.12	0.74	CEA_f	0	0.13	− 0.27	0.26
Step2					Step2					Step2
CEA_m	0.05	0.11	− 0.11	0.30	CEA_m	− 0.04	0.16	− 0.39	0.24	CEA_m	0.11	0.14	− 0.03	0.51
CEA_f	0.09	0.10	− 0.02	0.39	CEA_f	0.20**	0.16	0.12	0.74	CEA_f	− 0.03	0.13	− 0.31	0.20
BMI	0.13**	0.01	0.01	0.06	BMI	0	0.02	− 0.04	0.04	BMI	0.26***	0.16	0.04	0.10

When including the SES in the regression analyses the results basically remained the same
CN_m/f child neglect perpetrated by mother/father, CPA_m/f child physical abuse perpetrated by mother/father, CEA_m/f child emotional abuse perpetrated by mother/father, BMI Body-Mass-Index, β standardized beta value, B(SE) standard errors of B, 95% CI for B 95% confidence interval for odds ratio
Child abuse perpetrator/gender-independent: Step 1: R² = 0.03, p = 0.001; Step 2: R² = 0.05, p < 0.001; child abuse perpetrator-independent/only male—Step 1: R² = 0.04, p = 0.013; Step 2: R² = 0.04, p = 0.021; Child abuse perpetrator-independent/only female: Step 1: R² = 0.02, p = 0.061; Step 2: R² = 0.08, p < 0.001; CN perpetrator-dependent/gender-non-specific—Step 1: R² = 0.1, p = 0.044; Step 2: R² = 0.03, p < 0.001; CN perpetrator-dependent/only male—Step 1: R² = 0.01, p = 0.366; Step 2: R² = 0.01, p = 0.547; CN perpetrator-dependent/only female—Step 1: R² = 0.02, p = 0.11; Step 2: R² = 0.09, p < 0.001; CPA perpetrator-dependent/gender-non-specific—Step 1: R² = 0, p = 0.365; Step 2: R² = 0.02, p = 0.004; CPA perpetrator-dependent/only male—Step 1: R² = 0.01, p = 0.252; Step 2: R² = 0.01, p = 0.416; CPA perpetrator-dependent/only female: Step 1: R² = 0, p = 0.929; Step 2: R² = 0.08, p < 0.001; CEA perpetrator-dependent/gender-non-specific—Step 1: R² = 0.02, p = 0.006; Step 2: R² = 0.04, p < 0.001; CEA perpetrator-dependent/only male: Step 1: R² = 0.03, p = 0.011; Step 2: R² = 0.03, p = 0.03; CEA perpetrator-dependent/only female—Step 1: R² = 0.02, p = 0.057; Step 2: R² = 0.09, p < 0.001
*p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001

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