Phenomenon of self-destructive behavior in female sex workers: discriptors, predictors, typology, psychological correction.

Objective: Introduction: Engaging in sex, which is obligatory associated with the extraordinary risks of harm to their own safety and physical health, can be considered as one of the variants of self-destruction. The aim is to analyze the leading descriptors and predictors of self-destructive behavior among female sex workers, on the basis of which to propose measures for their psycho-correction.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: The main group of the study was 135 women - female sex workers, a comparative group of 50 women who had no relation to such activities.