Association between childhood sexual abuse and transactional sex in youth aging out of foster care

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-80

  Ahrens, Kym R ^a   Katon, Wayne ^b   McCarty, Carolyn ^a   Richardson, Laura P ^a   Courtney, Mark E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster care; Foster youth; Sexual abuse; Transactional sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOLESTATION; OUTCOME VARIABLE; RAPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; TRANSACTIONAL SEX;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84856428096     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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