Bienestar psicológico y trabajo sexual. El caso de las trabajadoras sexuales del Centro Histórico de Quito.

Abstract

In this research work, the implementation of Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scale was carried out, which has 6 dimensions, for the context of the population of sex workers in the Historic Center of Quito, from which a sample of 105 women participants was taken, between the ages of 24 to more than 60 years, having as characteristics an unsafe work environment since sex work is performed in the places of the red zones of Quito. Therefore, a quantitative and exploratory research was conducted, where we surveyed apart from the Ryff scale, with a series of socioeconomic questions to identify the level of psychological well-being of sex workers, from which we obtained the main conclusions of the study showing that women who are between the ages of 46 to 60 years and who do not have a romantic partner, have a high psychological well-being and in turn have 3 dependents. Similarly, it can be observed that most of the women interviewed have a high psychological well-being, which implies that they are women with strong empowerment, willing to improve to achieve their goals and life purpose