Sibling incest: A Hong Kong experience

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-79

  Tsun, O K Angela ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cultural specificity; Guilt; Secrecy; Shame; Sibling incest; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GUILT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCEST; MORALITY; NEGLECT; ONSET AGE; SHAME; SIBLING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WORK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GUILT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCEST; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; SHAME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0032930410     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(98)00112-4     Document Type: Article

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