Homelessness, Violence Exposure, and School Participation among Urban Adolescent Mothers

Autor/in	Kennedy, Angie C.
Titel	Homelessness, Violence Exposure, and School Participation among Urban Adolescent Mothers
Quelle	In: Journal of Community Psychology, 35 (2007) 5, S.639-654 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-4392
DOI	10.1002/jcop.20169
Schlagwörter	Homeless People; Student Attitudes; Mothers; School Involvement; Adolescents; Violence; Resilience (Psychology); Poverty Programs; Urban Environment; Student Participation; Educational Attitudes; Social Attitudes; Social Capital; Social Support Groups; Self Disclosure (Individuals); Adolescent Attitudes; Predictor Variables; Schematic Studies; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Schülerverhalten; Mother; Mutter; Schulmitwirkung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Gewalt; Armenfürsorge; Stadtökologie; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Sozialkapital; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Prädiktor; Schematheorie
Abstract	Using a risk and resilience framework, this exploratory study examines the relationships between homelessness, exposure to multiple types of violence, and school participation within a survey sample of poor adolescent mothers living in an urban setting. Participants who were homeless either currently or historically were compared with participants who had never been homeless in terms of rate of violence exposure and school participation. Social support was analyzed as a moderator of the effects of violence exposure on the odds of homelessness, while positive attitude toward school was assessed as a moderator of homelessness on school participation. Results from MANOVA indicate that participants who report homelessness have significantly higher rates of exposure to violence and significantly lower rates of social support, positive attitude toward school, and school participation in comparison with participants who have never been homeless. Regression analyses indicate that violence exposure, moderated by social support, plays a significant contributing role in participants' odds of ever being homeless. Experiencing homelessness, in turn, is a significant contributor to reduced school participation. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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