Gender, coping strategies, homelessness stressors, and income generation among homeless young adults in three cities
Gender, coping strategies, homelessness stressors, and income generation among homeless young adults in three cities
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.04.028
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发表时间：
2015-06-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Thompson, Sanna J.
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作者：
Ferguson, Kristin M.;Bender, Kimberly;Thompson, Sanna J.
这项研究考察了无家可归的年轻人的应对策略和无家可归的压力源之间的性别差异，因为它们与法律的（例如，全职工作、出售个人物品、出售血液/血浆）和非法经济活动（例如，贩卖毒品、盗窃、卖淫）。从2010年3月至2011年7月，从3个城市（加利福尼亚州洛杉矶[n = 200]、德克萨斯州奥斯汀[n = 2001]和科罗拉多州丹佛[n = 201]）招募了601名无家可归的年轻人参加半结构化访谈。使用六个普通最小二乘回归模型对完整样本以及女性和男性子样本进行了分析，分析了法律的和非法经济活动的风险和弹性相关性。在整个样本中，三个变量（即，回避型应对、问题导向型应对和躁狂）与法律的收入产生相关，而8个变量（即，社会应对、年龄、逮捕史、短暂性、同伴物质使用、反社会人格障碍、物质使用障碍和重性抑郁发作与非法经济活动有关。在女性次样本中，三个变量（即，以问题为中心的应对，种族/民族，和短暂性）与法律的收入产生相关，而六个变量（即，问题应对、社会应对、年龄、逮捕史、同伴物质使用和反社会人格障碍）与非法经济活动相关。在男性中，描述法律的收入产生的模型并不显著，但有七个变量（即，社会应对、年龄、短暂性、同伴物质使用、反社会人格障碍、SUD和MDE）与非法经济活动相关。了解应对战略和经济活动中的性别差异可能有助于定制干预措施，为这一群体创造安全和法律的收入。(C)2015爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
This study examined gender differences among homeless young adults' coping strategies and homelessness stressors as they relate to legal (e.g., full-time employment, selling personal possessions, selling blood/plasma) and illegal economic activity (e.g., selling drugs, theft, prostitution). A sample of 601 homeless young adults was recruited from 3 cities (Los Angeles, CA [n = 200], Austin, TX [n = 2001, and Denver, CO [n = 201]) to participate in semi-structured interviews from March 2010 to July 2011. Risk and resilience correlates of legal and illegal economic activity were analyzed using six Ordinary Least Squares regression models with the full sample and with the female and male sub-samples. In the full sample, three variables (i.e., avoidant coping, problem-focused coping, and mania) were associated with legal income generation whereas eight variables (i.e., social coping, age, arrest history, transience, peer substance use, antisocial personality disorder [ASPD], substance use disorder [SUD], and major depressive episode [MDE]) were associated with illegal economic activity. In the female sub-sample, three variables (i.e., problem-focused coping, race/ethnicity, and transience) were correlated with legal income generation whereas six variables (i.e., problem-focused coping, social coping, age, arrest history, peer substance use, and ASPD) were correlated with illegal economic activity. Among males, the model depicting legal income generation was not significant yet seven variables (i.e., social coping, age, transience, peer substance use, ASPD, SUD, and MDE) were associated with illegal economic activity. Understanding gender differences in coping strategies and economic activity might help customize interventions aimed at safe and legal income generation for this population. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.