Citation

Williams LM, Finkelhor SD. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 1995; 65(1): 101-113.

Affiliation

Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA.

Comment In:

Am J Orthopsychiatry 1995;65(4):584-6.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7733205

Abstract

The existence of a biosocial mechanism for inhibiting incest through early caretaking contact was explored in a comparison between incestuous fathers and a nonincestuous control sample. Low involvement in caretaking was found to be a risk factor for incest, even after controlling for other predisposing conditions. However, it appeared that caretaking has its effect by enhancing more general parental feelings and capacities, rather than by inhibiting a father's sexual interest in the daughter, as proposed in the original biosocial theory.

Language: en