TY - JOUR PY - 2013// TI - Adolescents' lifetime experience of selling sex: development over five years JO - Journal of child sexual abuse A1 - Fredlund, Cecilia A1 - Svensson, Frida A1 - Svedin, Carl Göran A1 - Priebe, Gisela A1 - Wadsby, Marie SP - 312 EP - 325 VL - 22 IS - 3 N2 - Lifetime experience of selling sex among adolescents was investigated together with sociodemographic correlates, parent-child relationship, and the existence of people to confide in. Changes over time regarding the selling of sex were investigated through a comparison of data from 2004 and 2009. This study was carried out using 3,498 adolescents from a representative sample of Swedish high school students with a mean age 18.3 years. Of these adolescents, 1.5% stated that they had given sexual services for reimbursement and both male and female buyers existed. The adolescents who had sold sex had a poorer parent-child relationship during childhood and had fewer people to confide in about problems and worries. Changes over time were found especially regarding the Internet as a contact source and also immigrant background.

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LA - en SN - 1053-8712 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2013.743950 ID - ref1 ER -