Demographic and Psychosocial Factors Associated With Child Sexual Exploitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although research has examined factors associated with child sexual exploitation (CSE), consensus is lacking in regard to which factors should be prioritized, thereby hindering policy reform, prevention efforts, and development of early detection and intervention.

Objective

To provide a meta-analytic synthesis of studies examining factors associated with CSE and to quantify their relative importance.

Data sources

Electronic databases searched to June 2019 included Medline, PsycINFO, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, EMBASE, and Informit, yielding 396 nonduplicative records. Literature search was performed in July 2019.

Study selection

Inclusion criteria were quantitative investigations of sexual exploitation and mean sampl

SUBMITTER: Laird JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7509625 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature