non-abused

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non-abused (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of nonabused
    • 2006, Stanley M. Sturt, Child Abuse: New Research, Nova Publishers, page 183:
      Demographic differences were found between abused and non-abused groups in education, income, martial status, and pregnancy status at study entry.
    • 2011, Lisa J Cohen, The Handy Psychology Answer Book, Visible Ink Press, page 439:
      Thus, abused children were about 60 percent more likely to be arrested as a juvenile and 30 percent more likely to be arrested as an adult than non-abused children.
    • 2017 March 17, Mary Kekatos, “Abuse accelerates puberty in children: Kids who experience sexual abuse develop a year earlier than their non-abused peers”, in Daily Mail[1]:
      Scientists say that young girls who are emotionally and physically abused hit puberty eight to 12 months earlier than their non-abused peers.

      Sexual abuse in particular forces children to physically mature at a faster rate.