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1 online resource |
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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 The Psychology of Selling Sex: An Introduction -- The Goals of this Book -- Topics Covered -- Topics Excluded -- Definition of Selling Sex -- Populations Included in the Review -- Nature of Research Included in the Review -- What's in a Name? The Terminology of Selling Sex -- Ideological Stances Toward Selling Sex -- Common Ideologies -- Our Approach -- Methodological Considerations in the Empirical Research on Women Who Sell Sex -- Operational Definitions -- Samples -- The Nature of the Data -- Conclusions -- References |
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2 Motivations for Selling Sex -- Financial Factors -- Relational Influences -- Substance Abuse -- Personal Interest -- A Rational Choice -- Clinical Motivations -- Research in Depth: Childhood Maltreatment as a Potential Precursor to Selling Sex -- Self-reports of Childhood Maltreatment as a Reason for Selling Sex -- Comparisons to Women in the General Population -- Studies with Specific Comparison Samples -- Prospective Cohort Design -- Age of Entry -- Reasons for Mixed Findings Regarding Childhood Maltreatment and Selling Sex -- Discussion -- References |
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3 Contextual Factors: Sources of Stress and How Women Cope -- Stress Associated with the Activity of Selling Sex -- Context Matters: Sources of Stress -- Legal Status -- Venues -- Dirty Work and Social Stigma -- Dirty Work -- Social Stigma -- Physical and Sexual Violence -- Sources of Violence -- Rates of Violence -- Outcomes of Violence -- Factors That Contribute to Violence Against Women Who Sell Sex -- Coping -- General Coping -- Coping With Selling Sex -- Discussion -- References -- 4 Selling Sex and Mental Health Concerns -- General Mental Health Status and Other Indicators of Wellbeing |
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- Lifetime Abuse and Violence as Predictors of PTSD -- Experiences While Selling Sex as Predictors of PTSD -- Other Risk and Resilience Factors for PTSD -- Anxiety -- Depression -- The Phenomenological Experience of Selling Sex in Relation to Depression -- Violence and Abuse as Predictors of Depression -- The Nature of the Venue as a Predictor of Depression -- Substance and Alcohol Use as Predictors of Depression -- Suicidality -- Dissociative Disorders -- Somatic Symptom Disorder -- Personality Disorders -- Psychotic Disorders -- Discussion -- References |
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5 Alcohol and Drug Use and Abuse Among Women Selling Sex -- Measuring Drug and Alcohol Use -- Prevalence -- Factors Associated with Alcohol use Prevalence -- Factors Associated with Drug Use Prevalence and Severity -- Timing: Which Tends to Come First, Substance Use or Selling Sex? -- Violence and Homicide in Relation to Substance Use Among Women Who Sell Sex -- Violence in Relation to Selling Sex and Substance Use -- Homicide in Relation to Selling Sex and Substance Use -- Why do Women Who Sell Sex Use Alcohol and Drugs? -- Coping -- To Facilitate Selling Sex -- Peers -- Personality |
| Summary |
Based on leading empirical psychological research from around the world, this book offers valuable insights on women who sell sex. It synthesizes the extensive body of scholarly work on the topic of women selling sex from a psychological perspective in order to understand why women choose to do so. In turn, the book highlights a range of important sociocultural contexts surrounding the sale of sex that are major sources of stress, and examines how women cope with these circumstances. Illustrating the multi-faceted nature of selling sex, the book will contribute to debates on individual and societal responses to this major sociopolitical--and at the same time, deeply personal--issue. Including original case material and outlining future directions for researchers, it offers an informative and engaging resource for academics, researchers, students and professionals around the globe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Prostitutes -- Psychology.
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Women -- Psychology.
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Social issues & processes.
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Health psychology.
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Gender studies, gender groups.
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Psychotherapy.
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Sexual behaviour.
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Social Science -- Sociology -- General.
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Psychology -- Applied Psychology.
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Social Science -- Gender Studies.
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Psychology -- Psychotherapy -- General.
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Psychology -- Human Sexuality.
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Women -- Psychology
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Prostitutes -- Psychology
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Clinical health psychology
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Counseling
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Psychotherapy
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Quality of life
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Sex (Psychology)
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Sociology
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Postlethwaite, Bennett E., author
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| ISBN |
9783030470272 |
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303047027X |
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