Parenting in Homeless Families: the Double Crisis
Description:
Reviews psychosocial characteristics of homeless mothers and children. Many of the factors that contribute to family homelessness may also impair parental functioning. Homeless families struggle with a double crisis: the disruptive and traumatizing experience of losing a home as well as impediments to a parent's ability to function as a consistent and supportive caregiver. The experience of homelessness may erode a parent's capacity to provide protection and support and to respond to children's needs. Virtually all the high risk conditions studied for their negative impact on mothers and children come together in the situation of homelessness. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved)
Type of Resource:
Journal
Publication Date:
1993
Volume:
63
Issue:
3
Pages:
358-369
Location:
Tempe