Pawukon: from incest, calendar, to horoscope

Intrafamilial sexual abuse: brother-sister incest does not differ from father-daughter and stepfather-stepdaughter incest.

OBJECTIVE Three groups of girls who were sexually abused (by either brothers, fathers, or stepfathers) were compared. The purpose was to identify the differing characteristics of the abuse, the family environments, and the psychosocial distress of these children. METHOD Seventy-two girls aged between 5 and 16 were assigned to one of the three groups. Subjects were matched between groups on th...

Father-daughter incest: data from an anonymous computerized survey.

Retrospective data were entered anonymously by 1,521 adult women using computer-assisted self-interview. Nineteen were classified as victims of father-daughter incest, and 241 were classified as victims of sexual abuse by an adult other than their father before reaching 18 years of age. The remaining 1,261 served as controls. Incest victims were more likely than controls to endorse feeling dama...

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Human Genomics and Genetics KEY — Genome sequence variation and the inherited basis of common disease and complex traits, January 8–13

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