Investigating the effect of child maltreatment on early adolescent peer-on-peer sexual aggression: testing a multiple mediator model in a non-incarcerated sample of Danish adolescents

Figures & data

Table 1 Means and standard deviations for the variables in the mediated model of childhood physical abuse and adolescent peer-on-peer sexual aggression

Variable	Mean (SD)
Childhood physical abuse	0.08 (0.28)
Adolescent peer-on-peer sexual aggression	0.04 (0.19)
Early sexual onset	0.07 (0.25)
Number of sexual partners	0.97 (1.60)
Impersonal sex	8.37 (3.13)
Peer influence	0.31 (0.94)
Insecure-hostile masculinity	28.39 (7.51)
Controlling-hostile masculinity	54.15 (13.55)
Rape attitudes	40.11 (10.35)

Fig. 1 Childhood physical abuse, adolescent peer-on-peer sexual aggression, and mediators.

Table 2 Coefficients for the mediation model of childhood physical abuse and adolescent peer-on-peer sexual aggression

Mediator	Path a [95% CI]	Path b [95% CI]
Early sexual onset	0.21* [0.05–0.40]	ns
Number of sexual partner	1.31* [0.47–2.26]	ns
Impersonal sex	ns	ns
Peer influence	0.72* [0.26–1.30]	0.09* [0.03–0.13]
Insecure-hostile masculinity	3.96* [0.40–7.83]	0.01* [0.00–0.01]
Controlling-hostile masculinity	6.16* [0.76–11.17]	ns
Rape attitudes	6.30* [3.22–10.34]	ns

Note: CI=confidence interval.

*p<0.05.