Making it on the streets in Bogotá: a psychosocial study of street youth

F B Tyler; S L Tyler; J J Echeverry; M C Zea

Making it on the streets in Bogotá: a psychosocial study of street youth

Genet Soc Gen Psychol Monogr. 1991 Nov;117(4):395-417.

Authors

F B Tyler¹, S L Tyler, J J Echeverry, M C Zea

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742.

PMID: 1778446

Abstract

In this study, we investigated the perceptions of the life situations, experiences, psychosocial characteristics, and environments of 94 street youth in Bogotá, Columbia. We outlined the implications of our results for developmental theory, psychosocial competence theory, future research, public policy formation, program development, and direct intervention.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Colombia
Female
Humans
Ill-Housed Persons / psychology*
Male
Psychology, Child
Public Policy
Social Conditions