Many researchers specialize in one area of abuse, such as physical abuse or sexual abuse.
Therefore, researchcomparing different types of abuse is rare. Existing research, according to experts in the field, is new and currently has insufficient data to support differentiated interventions based on type of abuse only. Generalizing findings from this research is viewed cautiously due to methodological limitations. The following is a limited summary of the research on how the consequences of child victimization differ according to type of abuse. Different types of abuse were compared to determine which were the strongest predictors of symptomology.