TY - JOUR
T1 - Uncovering Intentions to Exit Prostitution
T2 - Findings from a Qualitative Study
AU - Cimino, Andrea N.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Arizona State University Graduate College's Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (2012–2013) and the Arizona Board of Regents' Doctoral Research Grant (2013).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2019/7/4
Y1 - 2019/7/4
N2 - Exiting prostitution is a process for which we have little empirical understanding. This study provides evidence of a process-oriented theory of intentions to exit prostitution that operationalizes key aspects of exiting. Interviews from 16 persons formerly and actively selling sex helped define intentions to exit as a combination of glamorization and risk-recognition attitudes, stigma from significant others, one’s own resilient self-efficacy beliefs, and agency. Findings contribute to our understanding of the cognitive changes that occur when a person decides to leave prostitution, which can be used to inform a readiness to exit assessment and interventions that increase intentions to exit.
AB - Exiting prostitution is a process for which we have little empirical understanding. This study provides evidence of a process-oriented theory of intentions to exit prostitution that operationalizes key aspects of exiting. Interviews from 16 persons formerly and actively selling sex helped define intentions to exit as a combination of glamorization and risk-recognition attitudes, stigma from significant others, one’s own resilient self-efficacy beliefs, and agency. Findings contribute to our understanding of the cognitive changes that occur when a person decides to leave prostitution, which can be used to inform a readiness to exit assessment and interventions that increase intentions to exit.
KW - Prostitution
KW - integrative model of behavioral prediction
KW - sex work
KW - template analysis
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U2 - 10.1080/15564886.2019.1628144
DO - 10.1080/15564886.2019.1628144
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85069791974
SN - 1556-4886
VL - 14
SP - 606
EP - 624
JO - Victims and Offenders
JF - Victims and Offenders
IS - 5
ER -