A Comparison of Homeless and Non-Homeless Adolescents.

Autor/inn/en	LeClair, Mary C.; Hansen, James C.
Titel	A Comparison of Homeless and Non-Homeless Adolescents.
Quelle	(1995), (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Adolescents; Attitudes; Attribution Theory; Causal Models; Comparative Analysis; Homeless People; Multivariate Analysis; Racial Differences; Student Attitudes; Urban Schools; Urban Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Kausalanalyse; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Multivariate Analyse; Rassenunterschied; Schülerverhalten; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Youth
Abstract	The goal of this study was to extend what is currently understood regarding attitudes toward the homeless population. The study focused on how homeless and nonhomeless adolescents attribute the causes of homelessness. Grounded in attribution theory, the study hypothesized that nonhomeless adolescents would ascribe causality to dispositional or personal factors within a homeless person. Homeless adolescents, on the other hand, would causally attribute a person's state of homelessness to environmental conditions outside the person's immediate control. The samples consisted of two groups of adolescents, 61 homeless and 80 nonhomeless, ranging in age from 12 to 20 years. No differences were found at the multivariate level for the two groups along four dependent measures, two structural and two individual. Significance at the univariate level was found by group for both individual factors. A significant group and race interaction was also found on one structural factor. The literature was reviewed and further research questions were proposed. Appendixes contain the research questionnaire and a list of the dependent measures. (Contains 4 tables and 42 references.) (Author/SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01