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Table 1 CTQ-SF and MAYSI-2 scores for juvenile offenders with and without histories of perpetrating sexual offences

From: Childhood traumatic experiences and mental health problems in sexually offending and non-sexually offending juveniles

 

JSO

 

Non-JSO

 

t

p

M (SD)

% (n)

 

M (SD)

% (n)

 

CTQ-SF

 Emotional abuse

6.6 (2.3)

4.7 (2)

 

6.3 (2.7)

4.5 (2)

 

−0.52

0.60

 Physical abuse

6.0 (2.8)

4.5 (2)

 

5.9 (2.4)

6.8 (3)

 

0.95

0.35

 Sexual abuse

5.3 (1.0)

4.5 (2)

 

5.1 (1.0)

4.5 (2)

 

0.58

0.56

 Emotional neglect

9.7 (4.9)

15.9 (7)

 

8.7 (4.1)

18.2 (8)

 

0.49

0.63

 Physical neglect

6.6 (2.9)

11.4 (5)

 

6.3 (2.1)

13.6 (6)

 

0.62

0.54

  

Caution

% (n)

Warning

% (n)

 

Caution

% (n)

Warning

% (n)

  

MAYSI-2

 Alcohol/drug use

1.2 (2.0)

15.9 (7)

6.8 (3)

1.7 (2.4)

20.5 (9)

13.6 (6)

1.16

0.25

 Angry-irritable

1.8 (1.7)

6.8 (3)

0.0 (0)

1.9 (2.2)

15.9 (7)

0.0 (0)

0.32

0.75

 Depressed anxious

1.5 (1.7)

27.3 (12)

0.0 (0)

1.5 (1.7)

22.7 (10)

4.5 (2)

−0.19

0.85

 Somatic complaints

1.7 (1.4)

27.3 (12)

0.0 (0)

1.4 (1.3)

15.9 (7)

2.3 (1)

−1.08

0.28

 Suicide ideation

0.3 (0.9)

9.1 (4)

4.5 (2)

0.2 (0.7)

2.3 (1)

2.3 (1)

−0.97

0.33

 Thought disturbance

0.5 (0.8)

38.6 (17)

9.1 (4)

0.2 (0.6)

15.9 (7)

4.5 (2)

−1.97

0.05

 Traumatic experiences

1.5 (1.2)

  

1.8 (1.6)

  

0.82

0.41

  1. JSO juveniles who sexually offended, non-JSO juveniles who offended non-sexually. The prevalence of maltreatment was based on the moderate to (very) serious cut-off score of the CTQ-SF