Brother-Sister Incest: Data From Anonymous Computer-Assisted Self Interviews

• NCJ Number: 245125
• Journal: Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Volume: 22 Issue: 3 Dated: 2013 Pages: 255-276
• Author(s): Sandra S. Stroebel; Stephen L. O'Keefe; Keith W. Beard; Shih-Ya Kuo; Samuel Swindell; Walter Stroupe
• Date Published: 2013
• Length: 22 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study investigated victims of family incest.

Abstract

Retrospective data were entered anonymously by 1,521 adult women using computer-assisted self interview. Forty were classified as victims of brother-sister incest, 19 were classified as victims of father-daughter incest, and 232 were classified as victims of sexual abuse by an adult other than their father before reaching 18 years of age. The other 1,230 served as controls. The victims of brother-sister incest had significantly more problematic outcomes than controls on many measures (e.g., more likely than the controls to endorse feeling like damaged goods, thinking that they had suffered psychological injury, and having undergone psychological treatment for childhood sexual abuse). However, victims of brother-sister incest also had significantly less problematic outcomes than victims of father-daughter incest on some measures (e.g., significantly less likely than the father-daughter incest victims to endorse feeling like damaged goods, thinking that they had suffered psychological injury, and having undergone psychological treatment for childhood sexual abuse). Abstract published by arrangement with Taylor and Francis.