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Table 4 Frequency of ACEs forms and gender with depression development

From: Adverse childhood experiences and their relationship to gender and depression among young adults in Iraq: a cross-sectional study

 

Gender

Males

Females

Non depressed

Depression

P*

Non depressed

Depression

P*

n (%)

n (%)

 

n (%)

n (%)

 

Emotional Abuse

 no

100 (93.5)

42 (87.5)

.216

154 (96.9)

78 (91.8)

.080

 yes

7 (6.5)

6 (12.5)

 

5 (3.1)

7 (8.2)

 

Physical Abuse

 no

86 (79.6)

31 (64.6)

.045*

143 (89.4)

72 (84.7)

.289

 yes

22 (20.4)

17 (35.4)

 

17 (10.6)

13 (15.3)

 

Sexual Abuse

 no

99 (92.5)

37 (77.1)

.007

152 (95.6)

81 (95.3)

.913

 yes

8 (7.5)

11 (22.9)

 

7 (4.4)

4 (4.7)

 

Emotional Neglect

 no

89 (84)

36 (77)

0.277

139 (88)

55 (65.5)

<0.001*

 yes

17 (16)

11 (23)

 

19 (12)

29 (34.5)

 

Physical Neglect

 no

90 (84.1)

33 (70)

.048*

132 (84.6)

61 (72.6)

.026*

 yes

17 (15.9)

14 (30)

 

24 (15.4)

23 (27.4)

 

Exposure to domestic violence

 no

91 (84.3)

35 (72.9)

.097

133 (84.2)

74 (87.1)

.546

 yes

17 (15.7)

13 (27.1)

 

25 (15.8)

11 (12.9)

 

Mental illness in household

 no

98 (90.7)

40 (83.3)

.181

155 (96.9)

75 (88.2)

.007*

 yes

10 (9.3)

8 (16.7)

 

5 (3.1)

10 (11.8)

 
  1. *P for chi square, and significant at level <0.05