Discrimination and exiting homelessness among homeless adolescents

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 658-672

  Milburn, Norweeta G ^a   Ayala, George ^b   Rice, Eric ^a   Batterham, Philip ^a   Rotheram Borus, Mary Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AIDS Project Los Angeles   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Gay; Homeless adolescents; Lesbian; Or bisexual adolescents; Racial ethnic minority adolescents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMELESSNESS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RACISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33750743111     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.4.658     Document Type: Article

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