A resilience-based lens of sex work: Implications for professional psychologists

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-144

  Burnes, Theodore R ^a   Long, Shelley L ^b   Schept, Rebecca A ^c  

^a Chicago School for Professional Psychology   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostitution; Resilience; Sex work; Sexuality; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874675523     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026205     Document Type: Article

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