Prevalence and associated characteristics of sexual exploitation in a representative sample of spanish youth from an intersectional perspective.

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.

Victimization and substance use among adolescents in residential child care.

Background: Adolescents in Residential Child Care (RCC) report high levels of victimization. This has been linked to mental health problems and a higher risk of substance use and substance use problems. The present study aimed to evaluate the specific impact of different forms of victimization on alcohol and cannabis use problems among adolescents in RCC, attending to sex differences.

No one ever asked us. Young people's evaluation of their residential child care facilities in three different programs.

Background: Residential child care is a very complex measure and has been the subject of heated debate in many countries. However, there is a paucity of studies that examine quality assessments of these services, much less that have asked the children and young people receiving those services about their own evaluations.

Method: This study interviewed 209 young people between 11 and 20 years of age, in 21 residential facilities, about their degree of satisfaction with the care they receive.