Impulsiveness, and trait displaced aggression among drug using female sex traders

HIGHLIGHTS

• Women who traded sex for both drugs and money used crack, powder cocaine, and alcohol more.
• Women trading sex for both were higher on Impulsiveness Scales.
• Women trading for drugs only injected more and were higher on Displaced Aggression.
• Women trading for money only used marijuana more and more likely to use before sex.

OBJECTIVE:

This study compared women who sex trade for drugs, money, or both compared to neither (did not sex trade), and introduced the concept of trait displaced aggression to the literature on sex trading.

METHODS:

Female participants (n=1055) were recruited from a low-income area of southern California. Measures included: the Risk Behavior Assessment (RBA), Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS), Eysenck Impulsiveness Scale (EIS), and the Displaced Aggression Questionnaire (DAQ).

RESULTS:

Women who traded sex for both drugs and money used crack cocaine, powder cocaine, and alcohol significantly more, scored higher on the BIS, and the EIS, and were significantly older. Those who only sex traded for drugs used more amphetamine, heroin, and injected drugs more days. They were also higher on the DAQ and all of the DAQ subscales. Those who traded for money only used marijuana more and were more likely to use marijuana before sex.

CONCLUSIONS:

This study may help address specific issues unique to those who sex trade for different commodities in that the drugs used are different and the underlying personality characteristics are different.

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By:  Clingan SE1, Fisher DG2, Pedersen WC1, Reynolds GL3, Xandre P4.

• 1Psychology Department, California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA.
• 2Psychology Department, California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA. Electronic address: dennis.fisher@csulb.edu.
• 3Health Care Administration Department, California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA.
• 4School of Nursing, California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA.
• Addict Behav. 2016 Apr 6;60:24-31. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.03.027. 

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