TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Coming of age on the streets: Survival sex among homeless young women in Hollywood
JO  - Journal of Adolescence
A1  - Calvo, Richard
A1  - Agahi, Golnaz
A1  - Rabinovitz, Susan J.
A1  - Desai, Mona
A1  - Clark, Leslie F.
A1  - Warf, Curren W.
A1  - Hoffmann, Jenny
SP  - 1205
EP  - 1213
VL  - 36
IS  - 6
N2  - This study examined childhood physical or sexual abuse, involvement in dependency or delinquency systems, psychiatric hospitalization, and suicide as possible risk factors for survival sex among homeless young women. Homeless young women were found to have similarly high rates of childhood sexual abuse, dependency and delinquency systems involvement, and psychiatric hospitalization. Homeless young women involved in survival sex disclosed higher rates of attempted suicide and reported marginally higher rates of childhood physical abuse. Analysis of qualitative data showed that those engaged in survival sex were motivated primarily by desperation to meet basic needs including a place to stay, food and money, and one third mentioned that peers commonly were influential in decisions to engage in survival sex. Others were influenced by coercion (10%) or pursuit of drugs (10%). Young women engaged in survival sex generally experienced regret and shame about their experience.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0140-1971
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.08.013
ID  - ref1
ER  -