Friends and pets as companions: Strategies for coping with loneliness among homeless youth

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 125-132

  Rew, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Coping; Friends; Homeless; Loneliness; Pets

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; LOVE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBJECT RELATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; LOVE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TEXAS;

EID: 0034236382     PISSN: 10736077     EISSN: 17446171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2000.tb00089.x     Document Type: Article

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