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Table 14 Shows that parent Marital status ( being divorced) was significantly more associated with exposure to sexual abuse as only 33.3% of the children of married couples were exposed to sexual abuse but double the percent (66.7%) of children of divorced couples were exposed to sexual abuse

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

 

Abuse

χ2

MCp

Absent abuse

(n = 260)

Physical abuse

(n = 62)

Sexual abuse

(n = 9)

Both types of abuse

(n = 9)

No

%

No

%

No

%

No

%

Parent marital status

 Married

244

93.8

57

91.9

3

33.3

9

100.0

26.553*

 < 0.001*

 Divorced

15

5.8

4

6.5

6

66.7

0

0.0

 Dead one

1

0.4

1

1.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

 Sig. bet. grps

MCp1 = 0.0.423,MCp2 < 0.001*,MCp3 = 1.000,FEp4 < 0.001*, FEp5 = 1.000, FEp6 = 0.009*

  
  1. *Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05