Promoting Positive Parenting in the Context of Homelessness

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 402-412

  Perlman, Staci ^a   Cowan, Beryl ^b   Gewirtz, Abigail ^c   Haskett, Mary ^d   Stokes, Lauren ^e  

^a KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Emergency housing; Homeless children; Homeless families; Homeless shelter; Homelessness; Parent child relationship; Parenting; Transitional housing

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY SHELTER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FOSTER CARE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PARENTAL STRESS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STAFF TRAINING; URBAN AREA;

CHILD; FAMILY; HOMELESS YOUTH; HOUSING; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84865168472     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01158.x     Document Type: Review

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