The Measurement of Psychosocial Issues of Female Sex Workers: Attachment Styles, Apprehension, and Psychosocial Issues

Abstract

To the psychosocial issues that affect female sex workers in Pakistan (FSWs) as well as to explore the connections between attachment styles and anxiety using infor The Measurement of Psychosocial Issues of Female Sex Workers mation gathered from FSWs representing a range of ages, educational attainment, marital situations, and family systems. The study was carried out with three scales: Adult Attachment Scale (AAT), Apprehension Scale and a specially constructed and validated on indigenous samples regarding the Psychosocial Issues of Female Sex Workers (PSI-FSWs). The study discovered a substantial correlation between the apprehension score, the five variables of psychosocial issues, and attachment styles. Education, income, apprehension, and attachment were identified as important determinants of PSI using hierarchical regression analysis. The results of an ANOVA study revealed that the FSWs' Ambivalent Attachment Style was a significant positive predictor of Psychosocial Issues, and that Apprehension fully mediates the association between Attachment Styles and PSI. Conflicts over religion, caste, and social position have become common in society because of poverty, inflation, corruption, gaps in socioeconomic status, unemployment, and ignorance. Mental health has also been overlooked and stigmatized, which has increased the sex trade. FSWs run the risk of contracting infections as well as psychological and social dangers that make life a living nightmare for them.