*Enticed by prospects of financial gain

*Shed moral objections

*Problem-focused strategies

*Prostitution activities initiated to alleviate the stressors associated with poverty, structural barriers, and family dysfunction

*Adapting to new environment

*Modification of one's behavior to accommodate personal & social needs

*Intense street learning focusing on the code of conduct including protective strategies & introduction to the lifestyle of prostitution

*Focus on rewarding aspects of prostitution

*Problem focused strategies (learning and using protective strategies)

*Belief in their ability to control events related to prostitution activities

*Presence of daily hassles

*Assumes full persona of street prostitution (seasoned street worker who is committed to street life)

*Immersed into the lifestyle

*Emotional attachment to the lifestyle (addicted to lifestyle)

*Movement from conventional society into prostitution lifestyle

*Increased drug use for functional purposes-to fight depression

*Broader range of client encounters

*Presence of daily hassles & acute traumas

*Emotion-focused responses (denial, dissociation, depression)

*Acknowledgment of skill & chance conditions

*Chronic Depression

*Feelings of shame

*Drug abuse-reaction to depression

*Drug taking & drug seeking activities

*Daily hassles, acute traumas, and chronic conditions (namely, depression and drug addiction)

*Acceptance of skill & chance conditions

*Emotion-focused responses

*Re-evaluation of life (prospective, retrospective, and current)

*Restrictive factors (pressures from law enforcement & child protective services)

*Physical deterioration

*Relational factors-threatened end or demise of a valued relationship

*Accumulation of stressors (daily hassles, acute traumas, chronic conditions) exceed the persons ability to meet the demand of prostitution