ALCOHOL AND HOMELESS YOUTH--A LONGITUDINAL COMPARISON

酗酒和无家可归的青少年——纵向比较

• 批准号: 2000486
• 负责人: PAUL A TORO
• 金额: $ 36.42万
• 依托单位: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-07-01 至 2000-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2000486
• 关键词: academic achievement; adolescence (12-20); alcoholism /alcohol abuse; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; drug abuse; family structure /dynamics; gender difference; high risk behavior /lifestyle; homeless; human subject; interpersonal relations; interview; juvenile delinquency; longitudinal human study; mental disorders; mental health epidemiology; outcomes research; racial /ethnic difference; social model; social service evaluation; socioeconomics; violence

DESCRIPTION: The proposed longitudinal research project will compare the outcomes of homeless adolescents (ages 13-17) to the outcomes of a matched housed group of similar adolescents. The homeless sample will come from throughout the Detroit metropolitan area and will include all subgroups (e.g., "runaways" and "throwaways") to the extent that they exist in the total homeless youth population. The probability sample of 250 homeless adolescents will be sampled from 5 different types of settings: shelters for runaway/homeless youth; outreach programs for street youth and drop-in centers; in-patient and out-patient substance abuse and mental health agencies; the juvenile justice system; and soup kitchens and various street sites. The 250 matched housed adolescents will be matched on gender, age, race, and neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics. Measures will be assessed longitudinally in the following domains: Family and context (e.g., parenting, violence, poverty), psychological processes (e.g., competence, self-efficacy, alcohol expectancies), homelessness and stress, utilization of social services, peer relations (e.g., deviant associations, peer support), and outcomes (e.g., alcohol and drug use/abuse, delinquency, academic achievement, mental health and suicidal proneness, physical health and HIV-risk behaviors). The principal research goals are to: (1) describe a representative sample of homeless adolescents and compare them to matched housed adolescents; (2) investigate the longitudinal consequences of adolescent homelessness; (3) test theoretical models on longitudinal pathways producing vulnerability and resilience in homeless and housed at-risk youth; (4) improve understanding of family dynamics among homeless adolescents (most of whom return home); (5) assess longitudinal differences in outcome patterns for African- vs. European-Americans and for girls vs. boys; and (6) document the effectiveness of various services used by homeless adolescents. Through extensive preliminary research, measures and sampling techniques have been refined and procedures have been developed to ensure a low attrition rate in the project's broad sample.

描述：拟议的纵向研究项目将比较 无家可归青少年(13-17岁)的结局与匹配的 收容了一群相似的青少年。无家可归者的样本将来自 整个底特律大都会地区，并将包括所有小组 (例如，“离家出走的人”和“被抛弃的人”) 无家可归的青年人口总数。250名无家可归者的概率样本 青少年将从5种不同类型的环境中抽样：收容所 针对离家出走/无家可归的青年；针对街头青年和临时收容的外展方案 住院和门诊药物滥用与心理健康 机构；少年司法系统；施舍处和各条街道 网站。250名匹配的寄宿青少年将在性别、年龄、 种族和社区的社会经济特征。措施将是 在以下领域进行纵向评估：家庭和背景(例如， 养育子女、暴力、贫穷)、心理过程(例如，能力、 自我效能感、酒精期望)、无家可归和压力、利用度 社会服务、同伴关系(例如，越轨协会、同伴 支持)和结果(例如，酒精和药物使用/滥用、犯罪、 学业成绩、心理健康和自杀倾向、身体健康 和艾滋病毒危险行为)。主要的研究目标是：(1)描述 一个具有代表性的无家可归青少年样本，并将他们与匹配的 收容青少年；(2)调查 青少年流浪者；(3)纵向上的理论模型检验 无家可归者和有住房的人产生脆弱性和复原力的途径 高危青年；(4)提高对无家可归者家庭动态的了解 青少年(大多数人回国)；(5)评估纵向差异 在非洲裔美国人与欧洲裔美国人以及女孩与 男童；及(6)记录下列机构所使用的各项服务的成效 无家可归的青少年。通过广泛的初步研究，措施和 抽样技术已经得到改进，程序已经发展到 确保在项目的广泛样本中保持较低的流失率。