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1 online resource (229 pages) |
Series |
Social Institutions and Social Change |
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Social institutions and social change.
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Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I. Society's Forgotten Children; 1 Runaway and Homeless Adolescents in America; Natoinal Estimates of the Number of Homeless and National Estimates Runaway Adolescents; Research on Homeless and Runaway Adolescents; A Life Course Developmental Approach to Precocious Independence; Overview of the Book; 2 The Midwest Homeless and Runaway Adolescent Project; Introduction; Design of the Study; Sample; Adolescent Sample Characteristics; Parent/Caretaker Sample Characteristics; Analyses of Refusal Rates |
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Some Limitations and CautionsPart II. The Family Lives Of Runaway And Homeless Adolescents; 3 The Early Lives of Runaways; The Life-Events Matrix; Life Transitions; Case Studies; Transition Patterns; Age at First Runaway and Risk for Subsequent Runs; Age at First Runaway and Risk of Spending Time on the Street; Leaving Disorganized Families; 4 Troubled Generations; Adolescent Reports of Family Problems; Parent/Caretakers' Reports on Family Problems; Parental Substance Abuse Problems and the Parent-Child Relationship; Across Generations; The Families of Runaway and Homeless Adolescents |
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5 Getting Along at Home: The Parent/Caretaker-Child RelationshipParenting: Adolescent and Parent/Caretaker Reports; Family Neglect, Violence, and Sexual Abuse: Adolescent Reports; Comparing Adolescent and Parent/Caretaker Reports about Family Violence; The Parent/Caretaker-Adolescent Relationship and Running Away; The Families Adolescents Leave; Part III. Taking Chances: Adolescents On Their Own; 6 Getting Along: The Social Networks of Runaway Adolescents; The Social Networks of Homeless and Runaway Adolescents; Characteristics of Peer Associations; Contacts with Adults; School Experiences |
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Health Needs and Access to Health ResourcesPredictors of Social Network Composition; The Social Worlds of Runaways; 7 Getting By: Survival Strategies of Runaway Adolescents; Predictors of Conventional and Deviant Subsistence Strategies; Paths to Deviance; Dealing Drugs; Victimizing Behaviors; Survival Sex; Understanding Deviant Pathways; 8 Getting it On: Sexuality, Risky Sex, and Pregnancy; Contexts of Sexual Relationships; Condom Use; Predictors of Condom Use; Survival Sex; Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV Risk Behaviors; Predictors of HIV Risk Behaviors |
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Pregnancy and Pregnancy OutcomesPredictors of Pregnancies among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents; Summary and Conclusions; 9 Getting Hurt: Victimization and Trauma on the Streets; Predictors of Street Victimization; Traumatic Sexual Victimization among Young Women; Living with Fear; Part IV. Nowhere To Grow The Developmental Consequences Of Running Away; 10 Internalization Problems among Runaway and Homeless Adolescents; Predictors of Depressive Symptoms and Depression; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Predictors of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
Notes |
Internalization Problems among Runaways and Homeless Adolescents |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Homeless youth -- United States
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Runaway teenagers -- United States
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Runaway teenagers -- Family relationships -- United States
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Dysfunctional families -- United States
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Dysfunctional families
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Homeless youth
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Runaway teenagers
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United States
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Hoyt, Dan R
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Whitbeck, Les
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ISBN |
9781351502726 |
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1351502727 |
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