Psychosocial stressors among sheltered homeless children: relationship to behavior problems and depressive symptoms

B T Zima; R Bussing; M Bystritsky; M H Widawski; T R Belin; B Benjamin

doi:10.1037/h0080389

Psychosocial stressors among sheltered homeless children: relationship to behavior problems and depressive symptoms

Am J Orthopsychiatry. 1999 Jan;69(1):127-33. doi: 10.1037/h0080389.

Authors

B T Zima¹, R Bussing, M Bystritsky, M H Widawski, T R Belin, B Benjamin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, School of Education, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

PMID: 9990444
DOI: 10.1037/h0080389

Abstract

Level of exposure to severe psychosocial stressors was assessed among homeless children in emergency family shelters in an urban locale. The relationship between such exposure and child mental health problems was then investigated, along with the effects of adult family social support. Implications of the findings are discussed.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Child
Child Behavior Disorders / epidemiology
Child of Impaired Parents / psychology
Child of Impaired Parents / statistics & numerical data
Crime Victims / psychology
Crime Victims / statistics & numerical data
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Ill-Housed Persons / psychology*
Life Change Events*
Longitudinal Studies
Los Angeles / epidemiology
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Regression Analysis
Retrospective Studies
Social Environment
Stress, Psychological / epidemiology*
Violence / psychology
Violence / statistics & numerical data