title: Effects of alternative street school on youth involved in prostitution.
abstract: Prostitution-involved adolescents self assigned into one of three groups: school attenders (of alternative street school), unable to attend, and school refusers. Data were collected at intake and 50 days after intake for the following measures: Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Quality of School Life Scale, and self-reported weekly prostitution events. School attenders improved significantly on all measures, showing less depression, improved school sentiment, improved self-esteem, and reduced prostitution activity after less than 2 months of street school. Except for self-esteem, no significant changes on these dependent variables were observed for either of the other school groups.
authors.affiliation: YouthCare, Seattle, WA 98101.
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Wurzbacher
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012649:Self Concept; D011477:Sex Work; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000523:psychology*; D014861:Washington