A Predictive Theory of Intentions to Exit Street-Level Prostitution

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ID12437005
AuthorsAndrea N Cimino (0000-0002-7920-5943, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume18
Issue10
Pages1235-1252
Publication date2012-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801212465153
PMID23136182
OpenAlexW2170500069
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited50

Street-level prostitution is notoriously difficult to escape and rarely do women exit prostitution on their first attempt or without experiencing serious negative consequences to their physical or mental health. Unfortunately, few theories exist that explain the exiting process and those that do exist are difficult to test quantitatively. This article applies the integrative model of behavioral prediction to examine intentions to exit prostitution through attitudes, norms, and self-efficacy beliefs that underlie a woman's intention to exit prostitution. Constructs unique prostitution--agency and societal context--enhance the model. This theory may explain and predict an exit from street-level prostitution

Agency (philosophy · Computer security · Context (archaeology · Criminology · Geography · Medical emergency · Mental health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Sociology · Computer Science · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology

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