ALCOHOL AND HOMELESS YOUTH--A LONGITUDINAL COMPARISON

描述：拟议的纵向研究项目将比较 无家可归的青少年（13-17岁）的结果与匹配的结果 一群相似的青少年。 无家可归者的样本将来自 整个底特律大都市区，并将包括所有小组 (e.g.,“离家出走者”和“被抛弃者”）， 无家可归的年轻人。 250个无家可归者的概率样本 将从5种不同类型的环境中对青少年进行抽样： 为离家出走/无家可归的青年提供服务;为街头青年提供外展方案， 中心;住院病人和门诊病人药物滥用和精神健康 机构;青少年司法系统;和汤厨房和各种街道 网站. 这250名匹配的青少年将在性别、年龄、 种族和邻里社会经济特征。 措施将 在以下领域进行纵向评估：家庭和背景（例如， 养育、暴力、贫困），心理过程（例如，能力， 自我效能，酒精预期），无家可归和压力，利用 社会服务，同伴关系（例如，不正常的交往、同伴 支持）和成果（例如，酒精和药物使用/滥用，青少年犯罪， 学业成绩，心理健康和自杀倾向，身体健康 艾滋病危险行为）。 主要研究目标是：（1）描述 无家可归的青少年的代表性样本，并将其与匹配的 （2）调查青少年的纵向后果， （3）测试理论模型的纵向 在无家可归者和有住房者中产生脆弱性和复原力的途径 （4）提高对无家可归者家庭动态的认识 青少年（大多数人回家）;（5）评估纵向差异 在结果模式为非洲裔与欧洲裔美国人和女孩与 （6）记录各种服务的有效性， 无家可归的青少年 通过广泛的初步研究， 改进了取样技术，并制定了程序， 确保项目广泛样本中的低损耗率。

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.