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Psychological, Cultural and Family Factors in Incest and Family Sexual Abuse *
Author(s) -
Finkelhor David
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1978.tb00539.x
Subject(s) - abandonment (legal) , psychology , sexual abuse , domestic violence , daughter , psychological abuse , clinical psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , developmental psychology , medicine , medical emergency , evolutionary biology , political science , law , biology
This paper reviews clinical experience and research evidence about father‐daughter incest and family sexual abuse and suggests six factors important in its etiology: 1) the personal characteristics of the offender, 2) the role of the mother, 3) a milieu of abandonment, 4) subcultural isolation, 5) poor family sexual boundaries, and 6) opportunity factors .