Editing Incest (section)

===Between children===
Childhood [[Sibling incest|sibling–sibling incest]] is considered to be widespread but rarely reported.<ref name=Turner /> Sibling–sibling incest becomes [[child-on-child sexual abuse]] when it occurs without consent, without equality, or as a result of [[coercion]]. In this form, it is believed to be the most common form of intrafamilial abuse.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kalogerakis |first=Michael G. |author2=American Psychiatric Association. Workgroup on Psychiatric Practice in the Juvenile Court |title=Handbook of psychiatric practice in the juvenile court: the Workgroup on Psychiatric Practice in the Juvenile Court of the American Psychiatric Association |year=1992 |publisher=American Psychiatric Pub |isbn=978-0-89042-233-5 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nsUloUgZwRoC&pg=PA106 }}</ref> The most commonly reported form of abusive sibling incest is abuse of a younger sibling by an older sibling.<ref name=Turner />

[[Sibling abuse#Sexual abuse|Sibling abusive incest]] is most prevalent in families where one or both parents are often absent or emotionally unavailable, with the abusive siblings using incest as a way to assert their power over a weaker sibling.<ref name=leder>{{cite news|last=Leder |first=Jane Mersky |title=Adult Sibling Rivalry: Sibling rivalry often lingers through adulthood |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/199301/adult-sibling-rivalry |work=Psychology Today |volume=January/February 93 |publisher=Sussex Publishers }}</ref> Absence of the father in particular has been found to be a significant element of most cases of sexual abuse of female children by a brother.<ref name=rudd>{{cite journal |last1=Rudd |first1=Jane M. |last2=Herzberger |first2=Sharon D. |title=Brother-sister incest—father-daughter incest: a comparison of characteristics and consequences |journal=Child Abuse & Neglect |volume=23 |issue=9 |date=September 1999 |pages=915–928 |doi=10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00058-7 |pmid=10505905}}</ref>