Abuse, support, and depression among homeless and runaway adolescents
Abuse, support, and depression among homeless and runaway adolescents
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DOI：
10.2307/2676294
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发表时间：
2000-12-01
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Hoyt, DR
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作者：
Bao, WN;Whitbeck, LB;Hoyt, DR
这项研究考察了社会支持网络对602名无家可归和离家出走的青少年心理健康的影响。受访者在收容所、临时收容中心和中西部四个州(密苏里州、爱荷华州、内布拉斯加州和堪萨斯州)的街头接受了采访。路径模型被用来检验家庭虐待和性早熟独立性对青少年抑郁症状的直接影响和通过社会支持网络的间接影响。结果表明，虽然家庭虐待直接导致抑郁症状，但家庭虐待和早期独立通过社会支持网络间接影响抑郁症状。家庭虐待和早期独立驱使无家可归的青少年依赖同龄人提供社会支持。虽然来自街头朋友的支持会减少抑郁，但与反常的同龄人交往会增加抑郁。
This study examines the effectiveness of social support networks on psychological well-being among 602 homeless and runaway adolescents. The respondents were interviewed in shelters, drop-in centers, and on the streets in cities of four Midwestern states (Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas). The path model was used to test the direct effect of family abuse and precocious independence on adolescent depressive symptoms and indirect effects through social support networks. Results indicate that although abusive family origins contribute directly to depressive symptoms them are indirect effects of family abuse and early independence through social support networks. Family abuse and early independence drive homeless adolescents to rely on peers for social support. While support from friends on the street reduces depression, association with deviant peers increases depression.