@article{ref1,
title="Profiles of childhood maltreatment: associations with sexual risk behavior during adolescence in a sample of racial/ethnic minority girls",
journal="Child development",
year="2021",
author="Niu, Li and Nucci-Sack, Anne and Salandy, Anthony and Till Hoyt, Lindsay and Brown, Joshua and Diaz, Angela and Schlecht, Nicolas F. and Burk, Robert D. and Shankar, Viswanathan",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-3920",
doi="10.1111/cdev.13498",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13498"
}