Children Who Have Been Maltreated Are at Risk for Peer

Children who have been maltreated are at risk for peer rejection. The likely reason for this correlation is that:

A) maltreated children are stigmatized by their peers and rejected.
B) maltreated children are at greater risk for becoming aggressive and being aggressive puts children at risk for being rejected.
C) children who are rejected by their peers make their parents angry and then their parents turn on them and maltreat them.
D) maltreated children tend to be from low-income families and low-income families are stigmatized by other children and thus rejected.