Better to bend than to break: Coping strategies utilized by substance-abusing homeless youth

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 158-168

  Dashora, Pushpanjali ^a   Erdem, Gizem ^a   Slesnick, Natasha ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; homeless youth; problem behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; NEW MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651225533     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105310378385     Document Type: Article

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