Effects of child abuse and neglect on executive functions among children diagnosed with learning disabilities or attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 12 Relation Between Social class and exposure to abuse or neglect in total sample (n = 340)

	Social class						χ²	p
	Above average (n = 120)		Average (n = 146)		Below average (n = 74)
	No	%	No	%	No	%
Abuse
No abuse	117	97.5	120	82.2	27	36.4	99.417^*	^MCp < 0.001^*
Physical abuse or school bullying	2	1.7	18	12.3	38	51.4
Sexual abuse	1	0.8	5	3.4	3	4.1
Both	0	0.0	3	2.1	6	8.1
Neglect
No neglect	114	95.0	126	86.3	50	67.6	27.669^*	< 0.001^*
Neglect	6	5.0	20	13.7	24	32.4	27.669^*	< 0.001^*