Gender Differences in Child Maltreatment

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).