Profiles of Childhood Maltreatment: Associations with Sexual Risk Behavior during Adolescence in a Sample of Racial/Ethnic Minority Girls

Li Niu; Joshua Brown; Lindsay Till Hoyt; Anthony Salandy; Anne Nucci-Sack; Viswanathan Shankar; Robert D. Burk; Nicolas F. Schlecht; Angela Diaz

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Profiles of Childhood Maltreatment: Associations with Sexual Risk Behavior during Adolescence in a Sample of Racial/Ethnic Minority Girls

Li Niu, Joshua Brown, Lindsay Till Hoyt, Anthony Salandy, Anne Nucci-Sack, Viswanathan Shankar, Robert D. Burk, Nicolas F. Schlecht, Angela Diaz

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This study examines associations between childhood maltreatment and developmental trajectories of sexual risk behaviors (SRBs) in a sample of 882 sexually active adolescent girls, predominantly Hispanic or Black, assessed every 6 months between 13 and 23 years. Latent profile analyses revealed four distinct maltreatment profiles: Low Maltreatment (76%), Moderate Emotional Neglect Only (15%), Severe Physical/Emotional Abuse (3%), and Severe Sexual Abuse (6%). Multilevel growth analyses showed the Moderate Emotional Neglect Only and Severe Sexual Abuse profiles exhibited more SRBs starting in late adolescence, and the Severe Sexual Abuse profile also exhibited a faster increase than the Low Maltreatment profile. Understanding heterogeneity within maltreated populations may have important implications for healthy sexual development.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1421-1438
Number of pages	18
Journal	Child development
Volume	92
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13498
State	Published - Jul 1 2021

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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