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Profiles of Childhood Maltreatment: Associations with Sexual Risk Behavior during Adolescence in a Sample of Racial/Ethnic Minority Girls |
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| Authors: | Li Niu Joshua Brown Lindsay Till Hoyt Anthony Salandy Anne Nucci-Sack Viswanathan Shankar Robert D Burk Nicolas F Schlecht Angela Diaz |
| Institution: | 1. Fordham University;2. Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center;3. Albert Einstein College of Medicine;4. Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center;5. Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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