Seng M J
Department of Criminal Justice, Loyola University of Chicago, Illinois 60611.
Adolescence. 1989 Fall;24(95):665-75.
In several studies, child sexual abuse has been identified as a characteristic of adolescent prostitution. The implication of these findings, especially for girls, is that the two phenomena are related in that childhood sexual abuse perhaps leads to prostitution. The present study explored the relationship between sexual abuse and adolescent prostitution by comparing 70 sexually abused children with 35 prostitution-involved children on 22 variables. Findings suggest that the relationship is not directed, but involves runaway behavior as an intervening variable. It is not so much that sexual abuse leads to prostitution as it is that running away leads to prostitution. Implications for treatment of both sexually abused and prostitution-involved children also are discussed.
在多项研究中，儿童性虐待已被认定为青少年卖淫的一个特征。这些研究结果的含义，尤其是对女孩而言，是这两种现象相关，即儿童期性虐待可能导致卖淫。本研究通过比较70名遭受性虐待的儿童和35名涉及卖淫的儿童在22个变量上的情况，探讨了性虐待与青少年卖淫之间的关系。研究结果表明，这种关系并非单向的，而是涉及离家出走行为作为一个中介变量。与其说是性虐待导致卖淫，不如说是离家出走导致卖淫。文中还讨论了对遭受性虐待儿童和涉及卖淫儿童的治疗意义。
