Table 2 The prevalence of NSSI, depressive symptoms and differences in four types of childhood maltreatment among participants of gender × residence.

From: The mediation of depressive symptoms between different types of childhood maltreatment and non suicidal self-injury

Variables

Gender × Residence

Rural Male (n = 1666)

Rural Female (n = 1658)

Urban Male (n = 1832)

Urban Female (n = 2000)

χ2 value

p-value

Pairwise comparison

NSSI

    

43.34

< 0.001

 

No

1402 (84.2)

1281 (77.3)

1536 (83.4)

1570 (78.5)

   

Yes

264 (15.8)

377 (22.7)

296 (16.6)

430 (21.5)

  

b, d > a > c

Depressive symptoms

    

140.41

< 0.001

 

No

1223 (73.4)

990 (59.7)

1392 (76.0)

1289 (64.5)

   

Yes

443 (26.6)

668 (40.3)

440 (24.0)

711 (35.5)

  

b > d > a, c

Childhood maltreatment

Physical abuse

    

29.12

< 0.001

 

No

1495 (89.7)

1546 (93.2)

1670 (93.2)

1882 (94.1)

   

Yes

171 (10.3)

112 (6.8)

162 (6.8)

118 (5.9)

  

a > b, c > d

Emotional abuse

    

28.84

< 0.001

 

No

1548 (92.9)

1475 (89.0)

1707 (93.2)

1801 (90.1)

   

Yes

118 (7.1)

183 (11.0)

125 (6.8)

199 (9.9)

  

b, d > a > c

Sex abuse

    

27.75

< 0.001

 

No

1535 (92.1)

1580 (95.3)

1714 (93.6)

1913 (95.7)

   

Yes

131 (7.9)

78 (4.7)

118 (6.4)

87 (4.3)

  

a, c > b > d

Neglect

    

71.59

< 0.001

 

No

1322 (79.4)

1383 (83.4)

1574 (85.9)

1783 (89.2)

   

Yes

344 (20.6)

275 (16.6)

258 (14.1)

217 (10.8)

  

a > b > c > d

  1. a: Rural Male, b: Rural Female, c: Urban Male, d: Urban Female in pairwise comparison.
Back to article page