Psychosocial differences between Mexican girls at risk of homelessness and those unsheltered, sheltered or emergency sheltered
Psychosocial differences between Mexican girls at risk of homelessness and those unsheltered, sheltered or emergency sheltered
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DOI：
10.1080/17450128.2017.1367111
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
Aguilar-Villalobos, Javier
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作者：
Castanos-Cervantes, Susana;Turnbull, Bernardo;Aguilar-Villalobos, Javier
无家可归的女孩是世界上最脆弱的社会文化群体之一。无家可归的女孩遭受强迫劳动、性剥削、性虐待、歧视和边缘化的比率高于一般人口。因此，他们往往表现出内化和外化的心理障碍，缺乏功能性的解决问题、应对和情绪调节技能，这可能对心理健康和福祉产生负面影响。尽管存在这些严重的差异，但很少有研究涉及无家可归女孩的心理健康和福祉。迄今为止，几乎没有任何已知的研究涉及墨西哥无家可归女孩亚群体之间的心理社会差异，包括面临无家可归风险的女孩和无家可归的女孩或住在紧急避难所的女孩。摘要本研究旨在探讨不同族群无家可归女童之社会心理特质差异。与为无家可归的青年服务的非政府组织合作，使用作者开发的心理测量工具对90名11至18岁的墨西哥女孩进行了单独采访，其中包括45名紧急庇护或无庇护的女孩和45名无家可归风险女孩的对照组。研究结果显示，紧急庇护或无庇护无家可归的女孩经历更高水平的抑郁，更高水平的功能失调的情绪调节策略，主观幸福感指数较低，经历更强烈和更频繁的负面情绪比无家可归的风险比较组。由于本研究采用目的性抽样方法，因此其普遍性有限。研究所涉问题强调，有必要通过分组采取具体干预措施，以促进无家可归女孩和面临无家可归风险的女孩的心理健康和福祉。
Homeless girls are one of the world's most vulnerable sociocultural groups. Homeless girls experience forced labor victimization, sexual exploitation, abuse, discrimination and marginalization at higher rates than the general population. As a result, they often present internalized and externalized psychological disorders and lack functional problem solving, coping and emotion regulation skills, which can negatively affect mental health and well-being. Despite these serious disparities, few research studies have addressed homeless girls' mental health and well-being. Virtually no known research addressing the psychosocial differences between sub-groups of Mexican homeless girls, including girls that are at risk of homelessness and unhoused girls or girls housed in emergency shelters, exists to date. The aim of this study was to examine differences of psychosocial characteristics in homeless girls by subgroup. Working with nongovernmental organizations that serve homeless youth, a convenience sample of 90 Mexican girls between the ages of 11 and 18, including 45 emergency sheltered or unsheltered girls and a comparison group of 45 girls at risk of homelessness, were individually interviewed using psychometric instruments developed by the authors. Findings revealed that emergency sheltered or unsheltered homeless girls experience higher levels of depression, higher levels of dysfunctional emotional regulation strategies, lower indexes of subjective well-being, and experience negative emotions more intensely and frequently than the comparison at risk for homelessness group. This study is limited in its generalizability due to its purposive sampling method. Study implications highlight the need for specific interventions by sub-group to promote the mental health and well-being of homeless girls and girls at risk for homelessness.