A multivariate Cholesky model was tested to examine the magnitude of additive genetic, shared environmental, twin environmental, and nonshared environmental influences on the covariation among the forms of maltreatment. The results from this model were used to derive the correlations among physical maltreatment, neglect, and sexual maltreatment that is attributable to A, C, T, and E. Table 7 shows that the associations among different forms of maltreatment are not due to common genetic influences but mostly due to common nonshared environmental influences.
