McMillan and Her Colleagues (1997)asked a Random Sample of Almost

question 42

Multiple Choice

McMillan and her colleagues (1997) asked a random sample of almost 10,000 adults about whether they had experienced abuse during childhood.These researchers found that

• A) females were more likely to have experienced physical abuse, while males were more likely to have experienced sexual abuse.
• B) males were more likely to have experienced physical abuse, while females were more likely to have experienced sexual abuse.
• C) females were more likely to have experienced both physical and sexual abuse.
• D) males and females experienced both physical and sexual abuse with equal frequency.

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