TY - JOUR
T1 - When the bough breaks …
T2 - Examining intergenerational parent–child relational patterns among street-level sex workers and their parents and children
AU - Dalla, Rochelle L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was partially supported by a grant from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI; #62–145–08701).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2003 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
PY - 2003/10/1
Y1 - 2003/10/1
N2 - The purpose of this investigation was to examine streetwalking prostitutes’ perceptions of early traumatic experiences and childhood relationship patterns with parents or parental figures and to explore relationship patterns with their own children. Forty-three women involved in street-level sex work were interviewed at length. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis (Aronson, 1994). Abandonment, both literal and symbolic, was the overarching theme characterizing participants’ lives during childhood and adolescence. The intergenerational trend of abandonment was evident in participants’ descriptions of relationships with their own children. Avenues for future work are suggested.
AB - The purpose of this investigation was to examine streetwalking prostitutes’ perceptions of early traumatic experiences and childhood relationship patterns with parents or parental figures and to explore relationship patterns with their own children. Forty-three women involved in street-level sex work were interviewed at length. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis (Aronson, 1994). Abandonment, both literal and symbolic, was the overarching theme characterizing participants’ lives during childhood and adolescence. The intergenerational trend of abandonment was evident in participants’ descriptions of relationships with their own children. Avenues for future work are suggested.
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U2 - 10.1207/S1532480XADS0704_1
DO - 10.1207/S1532480XADS0704_1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:1842793541
SN - 1088-8691
VL - 7
SP - 216
EP - 228
JO - Applied Developmental Science
JF - Applied Developmental Science
IS - 4
ER -