Reid Joan A, Piquero Alex R
University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2014 Jun;29(9):1747-77. doi: 10.1177/0886260513511535. Epub 2013 Dec 22.
Emerging evidence indicates male youth are affected by commercial sexual exploitation (CSE). However, most studies investigating risk markers influencing age of onset of CSE have focused on vulnerabilities of girls and women. Using a sample of 1,354 serious youthful offenders (of whom approximately 8% of males and females reported being paid for sex), the current study assessed whether risks associated with age of onset of CSE for girls and young women operated similarly in boys and young men. Findings showed that African American male youth were at heightened risk for CSE, while female youth of all races/ethnicities were at similar risk. For all youth, maternal substance use and earlier age of first sex were associated with early age of onset of CSE. For male youth, experiencing rape and substance use dependency were associated with early age of onset. Psychotic symptoms, likely experienced as social alienation, were associated with both early and late age of onset. For all youth, lower educational attainment was associated with CSE beginning in later adolescence or young adulthood. In addition, substance use dependency was linked to late age of onset for female youth. Implications of the study findings for theory development and application to CSE are noted.
新出现的证据表明，男性青少年受到商业性剥削（CSE）的影响。然而，大多数调查影响CSE发病年龄的风险因素的研究都集中在女孩和妇女的脆弱性上。本研究以1354名严重青少年罪犯为样本（其中约8%的男性和女性报告曾有过性交易收入），评估了与女孩和年轻女性CSE发病年龄相关的风险在男孩和年轻男性中是否同样存在。研究结果表明，非裔美国男性青少年遭受CSE的风险更高，而所有种族/族裔的女性青少年风险相似。对于所有青少年来说，母亲使用毒品和初次性行为的年龄较早与CSE发病年龄较早有关。对于男性青少年来说，遭受强奸和药物使用依赖与发病年龄较早有关。精神病症状，可能表现为社会疏离感，与发病年龄较早和较晚都有关。对于所有青少年来说，教育程度较低与在青春期后期或成年早期开始的CSE有关。此外，药物使用依赖与女性青少年发病年龄较晚有关。文中指出了该研究结果对理论发展和应用于CSE的意义。
