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A psychodynamic study of the sexual exploitation of adolescent girls

  • Dernière modification de la publication :17 septembre 2024
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Nadine Proia-Lelouey (PU, LPCN, Université de Caen) a publié un nouvel article.

Proia-Lelouey, N. (2024). A psychodynamic study of the sexual exploitation of adolescent girls. Psychodynamic Practice, 30(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/14753634.2024.2400896

Abstract

The literature on the risk of child (commercial) sexual exploitation (C(C)SE) contains limited reference to victim-related factors in the victimisation process. Similarly, the possible links between these factors and adolescence have rarely been considered. However, there is agreement that the age at which most victimisation occurs is between 11 and 14 years. This study seeks to demonstrate how a psychoanalytical approach to adolescence can clarify sexual victimisation behaviours (including sexual exploitation) observed in young girls and enable social workers to deal effectively with these paradoxical behaviours, which appear incomprehensible and discouraging. After presenting the epistemological assumptions of psychoanalytical theories, this study illustrates how early phases of adolescence are considered vulnerable. This study refers to the resurgence of Oedipal fantasies, which, actualised by adolescents’ sexual maturity, threaten family homoeostasis and can lead adolescents to act out. These include risky sexual behaviours leading to multiple victimisations (including sex trafficking), often with irreversible consequences. Based on diverse situations, including that of a young female victim of sexual exploitation, this study attempts to highlight sexual trajectories with multiple victimisations.

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Celui-ci a été publié dans la revue Psychodynamic Practice (IF : 0.18), une revue destinée aux professionnels de tous les domaines qui utilisent la pensée psychodynamique dans leur champ d’expertise.

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