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Author(s): Les B. Whitbeck, Xiaojin Chen, Dan R. Hoyt, Kimberly A., Tylerc & Kurt D. Johnson
Publication Date: 2010
This study compares participation in deviant subsistence strategies, street victimization, and lifetime prevalence of five mental disorders (conduct disorder, major depressive disorder, post‐traumatic stress disorder, alcohol abuse, and drug abuse) among heterosexual males and females (n = 366) and gay, lesbian, and bisexual (n = 63) homeless and runaway adolescents from the first wave of a longitudinal study of homeless youth in four Midwestern...
Author(s): Danny R. Hoyt, Les B. Whitbeck, Kevin A. Ackley
Publication Date: 1997
Studied relationships among physical and sexual abuse in family of origin, participation in deviant subsistence strategies, and victimization in 108 runaway and homeless adolescents in four Midwestern states. Path analysis indicated that abusive family backgrounds directly affected adolescent victimization and indirectly increased likelihood of victimization by increasing amount of time at risk, deviant peer associations, and risk taking.
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Author(s): Les B. Whitbeck, Dan R. Hoyt
Publisher: Aldine de Gruyter
Publication Date: 1999
This book explores from a psychosocial perspective homeless/runaway young people and their families. It quantitatively analyzes data drawn from 602 interviews with homeless young people and with 201 of their parents or guardians. The research was conducted in the Midwest of the USA. The first part of the book (Part 1) examines through existing literature the extent of homelessness in the USA (Chapter 1) and provides an overview of the project and...
Author(s): Les B. Whitbeck, Danny Hoyt, Wa-Ning Bao
Publication Date: 2000
This study examines factors that contribute to depressive symptoms and to co-occurring depression, substance abuse, and conduct problems among 602 runaway and homeless adolescents. The respondents were interviewed in shelters, drop-in centers, and directly on the streets in four Midwestern states (Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas). Results indicate that although family-of-origin factors contribute to depressive symptoms and comorbidity among...
Author(s): Kimberly A. Tyler, Les B. Whitbeck, Dan R. Hoyt, Kevin A. Yoder
Publication Date: 2000
Path analysis was used to investigate factors associated with self-reported sexually transmitted diseases among 569 homeless and runaway adolescents in four Midwestern states. Youth were interviewed by outreach workers directly on the streets, in shelters, and in drop-in centers. Results indicated that family abuse was positively related to substance use, affiliation with friends who sold sex, and time on own. Early family abuse indirectly increa...
Author(s): Les B. Whitbeck, Devan M. Crawford, Kelley J. Sittner Hartshorn
Publication Date: 2011
This study reports the correlates of homeless episodes among 873 Indigenous adults who are part of an ongoing longitudinal study on four reservations in the Northern Midwest and four Canadian First Nation reserves. Descriptive analyses depict differences between those who have and have not experienced an episode of homelessness in their lifetimes. Multivariate analyses assess factors associated with a history of homeless episodes at the time of t...
Author(s): Christina D. Falci, Les B. Whitbeck, Dan R. Hoyt, Trina Rose
Publication Date: 2011
This research investigates changes in social network size and composition of 351 homeless adolescents over 3 years. Findings show that network size decreases over time. Homeless youth with a conduct disorder begin street life with small networks that remain small over time. Caregiver abuse is associated with smaller emotional networks due to fewer home ties, especially to parents, and a more rapid loss of emotional home ties over time. Homeless y...
Author(s): Kevin A. Yoder, Les B. Whitbeck, Les B. Whitbeck, Dan R. Hoyt
Publication Date: 2010
This study compared multiple attempters, single attempters, ideators and non-suicidal homeless adolescents from the Midwestern United States. The data were collected in 1999-2000 from youths aged 16-19 years. More than one-quarter (26.7%) of the 405 participants made multiple lifetime attempts, 9.8% attempted suicide once, 48.9% thought about - but did not attempt - suicide and 14.6% never attempted or thought about suicide. Multiple attempters,...
Author(s): Edan L. Jorgensen, Stacia L. Jorgensen, Malcolm P. Heard, Les B. Whitbeck
Publication Date: 2009
Article discusses: Suicidal ideation among homeless youth; The impact of family dysfunction, morbidity and deliberate self-harm.
Author(s): Xiaojin Chen, Kimberly A. Tyler, Les B. Whitbeck, Dan R. Hoyt
Publication Date: 2004
Research on homeless and runaway adolescents has shown that this population is at high risk of illicit drug use. Though sexual abuse has been widely considered in the etiology of illicit drug use, we know less about how early sexual abuse affects young people's decisions to run away, to use drugs, and to engage in other deviant behavior on the streets. Based on interviews with 361 female homeless and runaway adolescents in four midwestern states,...
Author(s): Kimberly A. Tyler, Les B. Whitbeck, Dan R. Hoyt, Ana M. Cauce
Publication Date: 2004
Risk factors associated with the likelihood of being sexually victimized by a stranger or friend/acquaintance since being on the street was examined among 372 homeless and runaway youth. Young people were interviewed on the streets and in shelters by outreach workers using a systematic sampling strategy. Youth who engaged in more high-risk behaviors were expected to be at greater risk for sexual victimization by both known and unknown assailants....
Author(s): Kimberly A. Tyler, Les B. Whitbeck, Dan R. Hoyt, Kurt D. Johnson
Publication Date: 2003
Self-mutilation, which is the act of deliberately harming oneself, has been overlooked in studies of homeless & runaway youth. Given their high rates of abuse & mental health disorders, which are associated with self-mutilation, homeless & runaway youth provide an ideal sample in which to investigate factors associated with self-mutilation among a nonclinical population. Based on interviews with 428 homeless & runa...
Author(s): Barbara J. McMorris, Kimberly A. Tyler, Les B. Whitbeck, Dan R. Hoyt
Publication Date: 2002
This study investigated factors associated with alcohol use among homeless & runaway adolescents, using a risk-amplification model. Homeless & runaway adolescents (N= 536, 60% female) were recruited & interviewed by outreach workers directly on the streets, in shelters & in drop in centers in four Midwestern states. The average age was 16 years; ages ranged from 12 to 22. Parent alcohol problems were indirectly lin...
Author(s): Xiaojin Chen, Lisa Thrane, Les B. Whitbeck, Kurt Johnson
Publication Date: 2006
This study examined the associations between lifetime mental disorder, comorbidity, and self-reported postrunaway arrests among 428 (187 males, 241 females) homeless and runaway youth. The analysis examined the pattern of arrests across five lifetime mental disorders (alcohol abuse, drug abuse, conduct disorder, major depressive episode, and posttraumatic stress disorder). The adolescents, ranging from 16 to 19 years old, were interviewed directl...