1
Assistant professor, Department of humanistic, Sadjad university, Mashhad, Iran
2
shandiz institute of higher education
Abstract
Abstract
Background: Prostitution is a social phenomenon, and its underlying factors require more scholarly attention. This study aimed at investigating the relationship between childhood traumas and sexual guilt feeling with sexual addiction in Iranian prostitutes.
Method: This was a cross-sectional study organized based on prostitutes who were referred to a health promotion center in Khorasan Razavi in 2020. 100 of these women agreed to participate in the study. Data collection tools included the Sexual Addiction Screening Test (SAST), the Sexual Guilt Questionnaire of Mosher, and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. In order to analyze the data, Pearson’s correlation and multiple regression analysis were used.
results: The age of the participants ranged from 23-42, with a mean age of 33.54± 8.9. 40% of the participants were divorced, 13% were married, 27% were single and 10% were widows. Findings indicated that 84% of prostitutes had the necessary criteria to diagnose sexual addiction according to SAST. emotional abuse (r=0.41, P<0.001), physical abuse (r=0.32, P<0.001), sexual abuse (r=0.33, P<0.001), emotional neglect (r=0.52, P<0.001), and physical neglect (r=0.37, P<0.001) had a positive and significant relationship with sexual addiction in prostitutes. There was no correlation between sexual guilt feeling and sex addiction (r=0.13, P=0.09). Furthermore, linear regression results showed that emotional neglect was the only positively associated variable with sexual addiction (β=0.5, P<0.001).
Conclusion: Findings suggest that childhood traumas can predict sexual addiction in female prostitutes.
ghazaei, M., & Rafeei, N. (2024). Investigating the relationship between childhood traumas and sexual guilt feeling with sexual addiction in Iranian prostitutes. Addiction & Health, (), -.
MLA
maryam ghazaei; Nayereh Rafeei. "Investigating the relationship between childhood traumas and sexual guilt feeling with sexual addiction in Iranian prostitutes". Addiction & Health, , , 2024, -.
HARVARD
ghazaei, M., Rafeei, N. (2024). 'Investigating the relationship between childhood traumas and sexual guilt feeling with sexual addiction in Iranian prostitutes', Addiction & Health, (), pp. -.
VANCOUVER
ghazaei, M., Rafeei, N. Investigating the relationship between childhood traumas and sexual guilt feeling with sexual addiction in Iranian prostitutes. Addiction & Health, 2024; (): -.
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