caa a22 4500 475786815 CHVBK 20180406123700.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s004310051283 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s004310051283 Unal Fatih University of Hacettepe, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, PK 67 Samanpazari, 06242 Ankara, Turkey e-mail: funal@hacettepe.edu.tr Tel.: +90-312-3885015; Fax: +90-312-3100012, TR aut Predisposing factors in childhood masturbation in Turkey [Elektronische Daten] [Fatih Unal] The aim of this prospective, referral-based study was to assess demographical and developmental features associated with childhood masturbation in Turkey. A total of 61 children with childhood masturbation who were referred for the first time to the Department of Child Psychiatry were examined from demographical, psychosocial and medical aspects and compared with two control groups consisting of 61 age and gender matched children who were brought to the paediatric outpatient clinics and 43 children and adolescents who were the biological siblings of the study group. In children with masturbation, sleep difficulties were more frequent (P < 0.001) and breast-feeding was shorter than in controls (P < 0.05). The onset of masturbation was often associated with a genito-urinary disorder or a stressful life event like weaning, the birth of a sibling, or separation from the parents. Conclusion This is the first controlled study investigating the clinical and the developmental features of childhood masturbation. These findings may help identify children who could be at risk for this condition. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words Masturbation nationallicence Child nationallicence Risk factors nationallicence https://doi.org/10.1007/s004310051283 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s004310051283 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Unal Fatih University of Hacettepe, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, PK 67 Samanpazari, 06242 Ankara, Turkey e-mail: funal@hacettepe.edu.tr Tel.: +90-312-3885015; Fax: +90-312-3100012, TR aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer