Correlates of street-survival behaviors in homeless young adults in four U.S. cities

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 401-409

  Ferguson, Kristin M ^a   Bender, Kimberly ^b   Thompson, Sanna ^c   Xie, Bin ^d   Pollio, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug addiction; Employment; Homeless young adults; Peer connectedness; Substance abuse; Survival behaviors; Transience; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROSTITUTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL; THEFT; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; CITIES; CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960067367     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2011.01108.x     Document Type: Article

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