Youth Who Experience Sexual Exploitation May Exhibit High Levels Of Certain Behaviors, Systematic Review Suggests

Healio (9/25, Gramigna) reported, “Youth who experienced sexual exploitation exhibited high levels of sexual risk taking, multiple sexual partners, PTSD, child pornography exposure and childhood trauma,” investigators concluded in a “systematic review and meta-analysis” that synthesized “evidence of risk and protective factors linked to child sexual exploitation and their estimated effect sizes.” The findings were published online in JAMA Network Open.

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— “Specific youth behaviors linked to risk for sexual exploitation “Joe Gramigna, Healio, September 25, 2020

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