Adolescents' Lifetime Experience of Selling Sex: Development Over Five Years

Fredlund, Cecilia; Svensson, Frida; Svedin, Carl Göran; Priebe, Gisela; Wadsby, Marie

doi:10.1080/10538712.2013.743950

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“…This prevalence is in line with population-based studies from other Western countries (McNeal & Walker, 2016;Mossige, Ainsaar, & Svedin, 2007;Pedersen & Hegna, 2003). Contrary to common beliefs, population-based studies indicate that more boys than girls sell sex for compensation (Fredlund et al, 2013;McNeal & Walker, 2016;Mossige et al, 2007;Pedersen & Hegna, 2003;Svedin & Priebe, 2007). These findings lead to the following questions: Why do adolescents sell sex in social welfare countries such as Sweden?…”

Section: Male Prostitution 11supporting

confidence: 81%

“…In relation to the congress, the Swedish Government announced an action plan in 1998 regarding commercial sexual exploitation of children, stating that child sexual exploitation rarely occurred in Sweden (Davidson & Runegrund, 1999;Socialdepartimentet, 1998). However, since this statement studies have found that child sexual exploitation does exist in Sweden and the prevalence of adolescents with the experience of selling sex has been estimated at 1-2% of high school populations (Ahlgren, Näslund, & Roslander, 2009;Fredlund, Svensson, Svedin, Priebe, & Wadsby, 2013;Svedin & Priebe, 2007). This prevalence is in line with population-based studies from other Western countries (McNeal & Walker, 2016;Mossige, Ainsaar, & Svedin, 2007;Pedersen & Hegna, 2003).…”

Section: Male Prostitution 11supporting

confidence: 64%

“…Studies concerning adult prostitution indicate that the selling of sex often starts during adolescence (Bagley & Young, 1987;Farley, 2003;Kotrla, 2010). For adolescents, the most common compensation is money, but other kinds of compensation such as drugs, alcohol and cigarettes, food and shelter, matrial things and friendship are also seen (Abelsson & Hulusjö, 2008;Fredlund et al, 2013;Svedin & Priebe, 2007;van de Walle et al, 2012). The most common sexual activities for which compensation is given in Sweden are vaginal intercourse, oral sex, masturbation in front of another person, display of genitals, and being photographed naked or in sexual situations (Abelsson & Hulusjö, 2008;Fredlund et al, 2013;Svedin & Priebe, 2007).…”

Section: The Selling Of Sexmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Adolescents Selling Sex and Sex as Self-Injury

Fredlund

2019

Linköping University Medical Dissertations

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Participants 23 Procedure 24 Studies I-III 24 Study IV 24 Measures 26 Studies I-III 26 Study IV 30 Data analysis 31 Ethical considerations 33 Funding for the studies 34 RESULTS OF THE EMPIRICAL STUDIES 35 Studies I-II -Adolescents selling sex 35 Studies III-IV -Sex as self-injury 37 GENERAL DISCUSSION 41 Summary and strengths -Adolescents selling sex 41 Summary and strengths -Sex as self-injury 44 Methodological considerations and limitations 46 Clinical implications 50 Future directions 53 CONCLUSIONS 55 SAMMANFATTNING PÅ SVENSKA 57 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN SWEDISH 59 REFERENCES 61 APPENDIX: Questionnaire used for Study IV 75 Abstract 1 AbstractThere are today only a few population-based studies in the world investigating the prevalence of and associated risk-factors with adolescents selling sex and so far no earlier populationbased study has been found investigating adolescents motives for selling sex. Further, to use sex in means of self-injury (SASI) is a behaviour that has been highlighted in Sweden the last years but it is a new field of research and a behaviour in need of conceptualizationThe aim of this thesis was to investigate the prevalence of, associated risk factors with, motives for and manifestations of adolescents selling sex and the use of sex as self-injury (SASI). For the thesis, two nationally representative cross-sectional population surveys with third year students at Swedish high schools were collected in 2009 (n = 3498, mean age 18.3 +/-0.6 years, response rate 60.4%) and in 2014 (n = 5839, mean age 18.0 +/-0.6 years, response rate 59.7%). Further, the motives and manifestations of SASI were investigated in an anonymous self-selected, open-ended questionnaire published on websites of nongovernmental organizations offering help and support to women and adolescents (n = 199, mean age 27.9 +/-9.3 years). Quantitative and qualitative methods were used for data analyses.In the 2009 population-based survey, 1.5% (n = 51) of the adolescents reported having sold sex on at least one occasion, but in 2014 the prevalence was slightly lower at 0.9% (n = 51). SASI was reported by 3.2% of girls (n = 100) and 0.8% of boys (n = 20). Both selling sex and SASI were associated with various adverse factors such as experience of sexual abuse, emotional and physical abuse, poor mental health and self-injury. Adolescents selling sex had sought help and support for different problems and worries to a greater extent compared to peers. Contact with healthcare for various psychiatric problems such as suicide attempts, depression and eating disorders was common for adolescents using SASI. Further analysis showed that adolescents selling sex are a heterogeneous group in regard to underlying motives for selling sex, which included emotional and material reasons as well as pleasure.Depending on their underlying motives, adolescents selling sex were found to differ in regard Abstract 2 to compensation received, age of the buyer, means of contact with the buyer, sexual orientation, experience of sexual abuse and the use of SAS...

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Fredlund

2019

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“…For example, Svedin and Priebe (2007) found that the mental health of Swedish young people (m= 18.2 years) who sold sex was worse, especially among girls, than that of the reference group. Furthermore, studies show that young people involved in selling sex have more problematic relationships with their parents (Edwards, Iritani, & Hallfors, 2006;Fredlund et al, 2013;Johnson, Rew, & Sternglanz, 2006;Kidd & Kral, 2002;Roe-Sepowitz, 2012), less often live with both parents ) and more often live in abusive families (Bagley & Young, 1987;Wilson & Widom, 2010).…”

Section: Socio-demographic and Psychosocial Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Online Sexual Behaviours Among Swedish Youth : Characteristics, Associations and Consequences

Jönsson¹

2015

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“…There has been an increase in selling sex among adolescents maybe because it has become easier since the marketplace for selling sex has shifted the arena from being the street to the online world (Cunnigham & Kendall, 2011;Priebe & Svedin, 2012). A recent Swedish study found that 1.5% in a normal sample of 18-year olds had at some time sold sexual services (Svensson et al, 2013) and the reported prevalence from other western countries is of this magnitude (Helweg-Larsen, 2003;Lavoie et al, 2010;Pedersen & Hegna, 2003). Sexual risk behaviours have been shown to be associated with other risk behaviours such as externalizing behaviour problems, antisocial behaviours and substance use (Tubman, 1996) and selling sex among youth has been associated with alcohol and drug use and also antisocial behaviour (Svedin & Priebe, 2004).…”

Section: Sexual Risk Behavioursmentioning

confidence: 98%

Sexual behaviour, debut and identity among Swedish Schoolchildren

Kastbom¹

2015

Linköping University Medical Dissertations

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Background: Sexual behaviour among schoolchildren and adolescents is a sparsely researched area and there are delicate methodological obstacles and ethical concerns when conducting such research. Still it is a subject that engages both parents and professionals. A sexualized behaviour or an early sexual debut (younger than 14 years) can be a sign of sexual abuse. It is therefore of importance to describe what is common and what is uncommon sexual behaviour among children and what the consequences of an early or a late sexual debut may be for the individual upon reaching late adolescence. Adolescents who identify themselves as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) are also a group that needs further attention and research since they are often described as having a lower quality of life and more often experience child abuse than heterosexual teens. Aims: The research leading to this thesis had four goals: 1) to elucidate the sexual behaviour of children between the ages of 7 and 13 as observed by their parents, 2) to investigate the relationship between an early sexual debut (before 14 years of age) and socio-demographic data, sexual experience, health, experience of child abuse and behaviour at 18-years-of-age, 3) to explore associations with no sexual debut (no oral, vaginal or anal sex) at the age of 18, and 4) to describe the relationship between sexual identification and socio-demographic background data, sexual behaviour, health and health behaviour, experiences of child sexual and/or physical abuse and present behaviour among Swedish adolescents. Methods: The parents of 418 children answered questionnaires about their child’s behaviour, both general and sexual, and a sample of 3432 Swedish high school students completed a survey about sexuality, health and abuse at the age of 18. In addition, 362 members of the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL) completed the same survey at a mean age of 21.4 years. Results: Most of the sexual behaviours among the schoolchildren were common, and in part related to, or varied with, age and gender. A small number of sexual behaviours often referred to as sexualised or problematic behaviours (for example, kissing adults with the tongue, imitating intercourse, masturbating in public, and touching other children’s genitals with the mouth) were found to be very unusual or not reported by any parent in this normative group of Swedish children. Among the adolescents, an early debut (younger than 14 years of age) correlated positively with number of partners, experience of oral and anal sex, smoking, drug and alcohol use and antisocial behaviour, such as being violent, lying, stealing and running away from home. Girls with an early sexual debut had significantly more experience of sexual abuse while boys with an early sexual debut were more likely to have a weak sense of coherence, low self-esteem and poor mental health, together with experience of sexual abuse, selling sex and physical abuse. A multiple logistic regression model showed that a number...

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Adolescents' Lifetime Experience of Selling Sex: Development Over Five Years

Cited by 41 publications

References 8 publications

Adolescents Selling Sex and Sex as Self-Injury

Adolescents Selling Sex and Sex as Self-Injury

Online Sexual Behaviours Among Swedish Youth : Characteristics, Associations and Consequences

Sexual behaviour, debut and identity among Swedish Schoolchildren

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