TY - JOUR PY - 1988// TI - Characteristics of parents of adolescent incest perpetrators: Preliminary findings JO - Journal of family violence A1 - Kaplan, Meg S. A1 - Becker, Judith V. A1 - Cunningham-Rathner, Jerry SP - 183 EP - 191 VL - 3 IS - 3 N2 - Twenty-seven parents of adolescent incest perpetrators were interviewed regarding demographic characteristics, prior victimization and abuse, and attitudes about their sons engaging in incestuous behavior. Results indicated that these parents: (a) under-reported physical and sexual abuse of their sons, (b) had a high incidence of being abused themselves, and (c) demonstrate a high level of denial regarding their sons'' incestuous behaviors as reflected by the finding that only 50% of the parents totally admitted to their son''s incestuous behavior(s).

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