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Prevalence and associated characteristics of sexual exploitation in a representative sample of Spanish youth from an intersectional perspective Pereda Beltran, Noemí Águila Otero, Alba Leiva, Varinia Abús sexual envers els infants Prostitució infantil Adolescents Espanya Child sexual abuse Child prostitution Teenagers Spain Background: Child sexual exploitation (CSE) involves using a child or youth as a sexual object in exchange for remuneration, reward, or favors, meeting their survival needs, and also serving the perpetrator's aims for sexual, social, or economic gain. Objective: The present study addresses the prevalence of CSE in Spain. Participants: A representative sample of 4024 secondary school adolescents from 14 to 17 years old (M = 15.42, SD = 1.034) was surveyed. Methods: Three questions adapted from previous European studies on the topic were used. Results: An overall prevalence of 2.6 % was recorded, comprising exchange of sexual material (1.7 %), sexual touching (0.9 %), and sexual relations involving oral sex or penetration (0.9 %). While no significant age-related differences emerged, gender-specific patterns were observed. Boys exhibited a significantly higher prevalence of oral and penetrative sex than girls (1.2 % vs 0.5 %), while girls showed a slightly higher prevalence of exchange of sexual material (2 % vs 1.2 %) than boys. LGB youth reported a significantly higher risk for CSE than heterosexual youth (5.5 % vs 2.1 %), and European adolescents reported less CSE (2.2 % vs. 4.1 %) than youths from other ethnicities. Conclusions: CSE should be a social concern because it affects a substantial number of children worldwide. Interventions should adopt an intersectional perspective that incorporates the various risk factors associated with this form of victimization. 2025-01-23T16:25:12Z 2025-01-23T16:25:12Z 2025-02 2025-01-23T16:25:13Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 0145-2134 https://hdl.handle.net/2445/217897 753583 eng Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107234 Child Abuse & Neglect, 2025, vol. 160, 107234 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107234 cc by-nc-nd (c) Pereda Beltran, Noemí et al., 2025 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 10 p. application/pdf Elsevier Ltd Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia)