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Peer reviewedBuckner, John C.; Bassuk, Ellen L.; Weinreb, Linda F. – Journal of School Psychology, 2001
Studies sheltered homeless and low-income housed families to examine predictors of academic achievement, focusing on housing status, mobility, and race/ethnicity. Results reveal that housing status was not associated with academic achievement. Discusses how homeless and housed children had comparable rates of absenteeism and other school-related…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Children, Economically Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedTerrell, Nathanial Eugene – Youth & Society, 1997
Examines aggravated and sexual assaults among 240 runaway and homeless adolescents (RHAs) in Des Moines (Iowa). Results suggest RHAs are at risk of life-threatening situations on the streets due to aggressive and abusive parents. Additionally, street life situations have significant impacts on the probability that RHAs will be victims of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Economically Disadvantaged, Homeless People, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedWeitzman, Beth C.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1992
Studies the degree to which psychiatric and substance abuse problems and victimization place families at elevated risk of requiring emergency housing and prevalence of these problems among 677 mothers in families requesting shelter and 495 comparison-group housed mothers in New York City. Problems, reported infrequently, correlate with…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Comparative Analysis, Crisis Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged
Direct linkRayburn, Nadine Recker; Wenzel, Suzanne L.; Elliott, Marc N.; Hambarsoomians, Katrin; Marshall, Grant N.; Tucker, Joan S. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
The authors examined the relationship among trauma, coping, depression, and mental health service seeking in a probability sample of sheltered homeless and low-income housed women. Results highlight the diversity of trauma. In a longitudinal analysis, women who lived in shelters or experienced major violence had a twofold increase in their risk of…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Health Services, Females, Violence
