Collaborative Research: Extended Family Support and Housing Stability of Youth Over Time

合作研究：随着时间的推移，扩大家庭支持和青少年住房稳定性

• 批准号: 2312178
• 负责人: Brandon Robinson
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2312178&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Extended; Family; Support

Family rejection is a well-known cause of youth homelessness. This project extends a 1-yearlong study in to a 2-yearlong study to understand how support from extended family members over time shapes pathways of housing stability and safety before youth end up at shelters or on the streets. The longitudinal study documents the roles and practices of grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and adult siblings in providing long-term shelter and housing stability for youth whose parents are unsupportive or ambivalent about their children’s identities and behaviors. The research is innovative in its focus on youth who are experiencing challenges at home but are not yet homeless and in following the youth for 2 years as they transition into emerging adults. The study advances the science on familial social support and homelessness. Researchers draw from the study’s findings to engage in outreach to youth shelters and programs and inform practitioners and decision-makers on strategies to prevent youth homelessness.To understand the role of non-parental relatives and how their support shapes the housing stability and safety of youth, this project extends a 1-yearlong study of 83 youth (originally aged 16-19) who are at risk of homelessness into a 2-year mixed-methods longitudinal study. Participants were recruited from two states in the southwest United States, including youth in rural communities and from minority groups. Original data were collected through an initial interview, 12 monthly surveys, and a follow-up interview. This study adds an additional 12 monthly surveys and another follow-up interview, including a life history of housing instability and family support. Researchers evaluate how the forms and consistency of instrumental and emotional support that youth receive from extended family over time influence their sense of safety and housing stability. A longitudinal approach enables analysis of how family support and housing stability and safety shift over time and as the youth transition into emerging adults.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

家庭排斥是青年无家可归的一个众所周知的原因。该项目将为期一年的研究扩展到为期两年的研究，以了解大家庭成员的支持如何随着时间的推移塑造青年最终在庇护所或街头之前的住房稳定和安全的途径。纵向研究记录了祖父母，阿姨，叔叔，堂兄弟姐妹和成年兄弟姐妹在为父母不支持或对子女的身份和行为持矛盾态度的青年提供长期住所和住房稳定性方面的作用和做法。这项研究的创新之处在于，它侧重于那些在家里遇到挑战但尚未无家可归的青年，并在他们过渡到成年人的过程中跟踪青年2年。这项研究推进了家庭社会支持和无家可归的科学。研究人员从研究结果中汲取经验，参与青年庇护所和项目的外展工作，并向从业者和决策者提供预防青年无家可归的战略信息。为了了解非父母亲属的作用以及他们的支持如何塑造青年的住房稳定性和安全性，该项目将对83名面临无家可归风险的青年（最初年龄为16-19岁）进行的为期一年的研究扩展为为期两年的混合方法纵向研究。参与者来自美国西南部的两个州，包括农村社区和少数群体的青年。原始数据是通过最初的采访，12个月的调查，和后续采访。这项研究增加了额外的12个月的调查和另一个后续访谈，包括住房不稳定和家庭支持的生活史。研究人员评估了年轻人长期以来从大家庭获得的工具和情感支持的形式和一致性如何影响他们的安全感和住房稳定性。通过纵向方法，可以分析家庭支持、住房稳定性和安全性如何随着时间的推移以及随着青年向新兴成年人过渡而发生变化。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。