Model Results Testing Differences on Adult Outcomes as a Function of Having Been Physically Abused or Not in Early Childhood
| Adult Outcome . | Weighted Proportion or Mean (SE) . | Impact of Early Abuse . | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early Abuse (n = 93) . | No Early Abuse (n = 753) . | Odds Ratio or SE . | P . | |
| Education or economic stability | ||||
| Ever received special education services | 46.90 | 20.76 | 3.20 | .001 |
| Ever repeated a grade | 54.06 | 28.49 | 2.14 | .01 |
| Completed college or more | 13.65 | 30.13 | 0.72 | .41 |
| Currently full-time employed or enrolled in higher education in last year | 53.23 | 68.74 | 0.66 | .13 |
| Received government assistance in past 12 mo, self report | 19.52 | 9.88 | 2.00 | .05 |
| Physical health | ||||
| General health index, average self and peer report | 0.74 (0.02) | 0.81 (0.01) | −0.10 | .03 |
| Risky sexual behavior scale, self report | 9.31 (1.48) | 7.60 (0.45) | 0.04 | .35 |
| Mental health, self or peer report | ||||
| Any DSM externalizing clinical range | 24.28 | 11.25 | 2.42 | .01 |
| DSM clinical range, antisocial personality | 19.87 | 7.71 | 2.80 | .01 |
| DSM clinical range, ADHD problems | 16.12 | 5.79 | 3.15 | .001 |
| Any DSM internalizing clinical range | 40.35 | 22.93 | 2.10 | .01 |
| DSM clinical range, anxiety | 13.01 | 6.25 | 1.99 | .08 |
| DSM clinical range, avoidant personality | 12.50 | 7.76 | 1.60 | .21 |
| DSM clinical range, depression | 16.15 | 9.73 | 1.14 | .69 |
| DSM clinical range, somatic | 22.37 | 12.99 | 1.68 | .12 |
| Happiness | 22.65 (0.52) | 23.89 (0.17) | −0.05 | .23 |
| Substance use, self or peer report | ||||
| Weekly hazardous drinking past year | 9.12 | 8.84 | 0.93 | .89 |
| Used marijuana weekly past year | 16.28 | 14.77 | 0.79 | .52 |
| Used other drugs weekly past year, excluding marijuana | 11.43 | 7.75 | 1.06 | .89 |
| Criminal behavior | ||||
| Lifetime any drug conviction, court record data | 19.66 | 10.34 | 1.62 | .16 |
| Lifetime any property or public order conviction, court record data | 33.37 | 23.10 | 1.32 | .28 |
| Lifetime any violent crime convictions, court record data | 26.69 | 15.95 | 1.37 | .26 |
| Convicted in past 12 mo, self or peer report | 17.96 | 7.15 | 2.61 | .01 |
| Adult Outcome . | Weighted Proportion or Mean (SE) . | Impact of Early Abuse . | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early Abuse (n = 93) . | No Early Abuse (n = 753) . | Odds Ratio or SE . | P . | |
| Education or economic stability | ||||
| Ever received special education services | 46.90 | 20.76 | 3.20 | .001 |
| Ever repeated a grade | 54.06 | 28.49 | 2.14 | .01 |
| Completed college or more | 13.65 | 30.13 | 0.72 | .41 |
| Currently full-time employed or enrolled in higher education in last year | 53.23 | 68.74 | 0.66 | .13 |
| Received government assistance in past 12 mo, self report | 19.52 | 9.88 | 2.00 | .05 |
| Physical health | ||||
| General health index, average self and peer report | 0.74 (0.02) | 0.81 (0.01) | −0.10 | .03 |
| Risky sexual behavior scale, self report | 9.31 (1.48) | 7.60 (0.45) | 0.04 | .35 |
| Mental health, self or peer report | ||||
| Any DSM externalizing clinical range | 24.28 | 11.25 | 2.42 | .01 |
| DSM clinical range, antisocial personality | 19.87 | 7.71 | 2.80 | .01 |
| DSM clinical range, ADHD problems | 16.12 | 5.79 | 3.15 | .001 |
| Any DSM internalizing clinical range | 40.35 | 22.93 | 2.10 | .01 |
| DSM clinical range, anxiety | 13.01 | 6.25 | 1.99 | .08 |
| DSM clinical range, avoidant personality | 12.50 | 7.76 | 1.60 | .21 |
| DSM clinical range, depression | 16.15 | 9.73 | 1.14 | .69 |
| DSM clinical range, somatic | 22.37 | 12.99 | 1.68 | .12 |
| Happiness | 22.65 (0.52) | 23.89 (0.17) | −0.05 | .23 |
| Substance use, self or peer report | ||||
| Weekly hazardous drinking past year | 9.12 | 8.84 | 0.93 | .89 |
| Used marijuana weekly past year | 16.28 | 14.77 | 0.79 | .52 |
| Used other drugs weekly past year, excluding marijuana | 11.43 | 7.75 | 1.06 | .89 |
| Criminal behavior | ||||
| Lifetime any drug conviction, court record data | 19.66 | 10.34 | 1.62 | .16 |
| Lifetime any property or public order conviction, court record data | 33.37 | 23.10 | 1.32 | .28 |
| Lifetime any violent crime convictions, court record data | 26.69 | 15.95 | 1.37 | .26 |
| Convicted in past 12 mo, self or peer report | 17.96 | 7.15 | 2.61 | .01 |
Analyses controlled for sex, race and ethnicity, age at interview, and several variables capturing other early life circumstances, including living in a single parent household, family SES, and child health problems and family stress experienced during the child’s first 5 years of life. ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.