Abstract:
This study examined the relationship between gender of the survivor and five types of
child maltreatment (sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological maltreatment, neglect,
and witnessing family violence). Participants were undergraduate students (N = 177
women, N = 65 men) recruited from the psychology research pool at Middle Tennessee
State University. The majority of the participants were between the ages of 18 and 21
years old (95%), half (53%), were Caucasian, and more than half (63%) were first-year
students. As part of a larger study, participants completed a questionnaire on which they
rated their experiences with childhood maltreatment using The Comprehensive Child
Maltreatment Scale (CCMS).
