TABLE 7. Patterns of Violence in Victim's Adult Relationships, by Rereporting Status
| Characteristic |
No new incident (Group 1) (N = 60) |
New incident reported (Group 2) (N = 25) |
New incident not reported (Group 3) (N = 34) |
 2/Fa |
p |
|
| Victim had taken out three or more restraining orders prior to target incident on offender |
3.3 |
20.0 |
20.6 |
8.29 |
.016 |
| Prior calls to police by victim about defendant |
2.01b |
3.95 |
3.38 |
4.95 |
.014 |
| Number of adult violent relationships |
2.62 |
2.56 |
2.38 |
1.51 |
.225 |
| Victim reported severe physical punishment by parent(s) while growing up |
43.3 |
48.0 |
44.1 |
0.16 |
.924 |
| Victim reported sexual abuse before age 18 years |
32.8b |
28.0b |
55.9 |
6.31 |
.043 |
|
a Statistical significance based on chi-square tests of association for categorical variables and ANOVAs for variables where means are reported.
b 2 x 2 cross-tabulation between this category and the "new incident, not reported" category reveals a statistically significant association between reporting status and this factor.