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A Qualitative Study of Early Family Histories and Transitions of Homeless Youth
Author(s): Kimberly Tyler
Publication Date: 2006
Using intensive qualitative interviews with 40 homeless youth, this study examined their early family histories for abuse, neglect, and other family problems and the number and types of transitions that youth experienced. Multiple forms of child maltreatment, family alcoholism, drug use, and criminal activity characterized early family histories of many youth. Leaving home because of either running away or being removed by child protective servic...
Family Risk Factors and Prevalence of Dissociative Symptoms Among Homeless and Runaway Youth
Author(s): Kimberly Tyler, Ana Cauce, Leslie Whitbeck
Publication Date: 2004
This study focuses on the family risk factors and predictors of runaway youth with dissociative disorder. Objective: To examine family risk factors associated with dissociative symptoms among homeless and runaway youth. Method: Three hundred and twenty-eight homeless and runaway youth were interviewed using a systematic sampling strategy in metropolitan Seattle. Homeless young people were interviewed on the streets and in shelters by outreach wo...
The Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Later Sexual Victimization Among Female Homeless and Runaway Adolescents
Author(s): Kimberly Tyler, Dan Hoyt, Leslie Whitbeck
Publication Date: 2000
Based on risk amplification and victimization theories, path analysis was used to investigate the effects of early sexual abuse on later sexual victimization among 361 female homeless and runaway adolescents in four midwestern states. Results indicated that early sexual abuse in the home had a positive direct effect on sexual victimization of adolescents on the streets. Early sexual abuse also increased the likelihood of later sexual victimizatio...
Self injurious behavior among homeless young adults: A social stress analysis
Author(s): Kimberly Tyler, Lisa Melander, Elbert Almazan
Publication Date: 2009
Although self-mutilation has been studied from medical and individual perspectives, it has rarely been examined within a social stress context. As such, we use a social stress framework to examine risk factors for self-mutilation to determine whether status strains that are often associated with poorer health outcomes in the general population are also associated with self-mutilation among a sample of young adults in the United States who have a...
Sexual Health of Homeless Youth: Prevalence and Correlates of Sexually Transmissible Infections
Author(s): Kimberly Tyler, Leslie Whitbeck, Xiaojin Chen, Kurt Johnson
Publication Date: 2007
Background: The study examined risk factors for having ever contracted sexually transmissible infections (STI) among a high-risk sample in midwestern USA. Methods: A cross sectional survey was conducted among 428 homeless youth aged 16–19 years. Assessed correlates included child maltreatment, street exposure, sexual histories, street experiences and substance use. Results: Multivariate analyses revealed that males were 86% less likely to hav...