Youth Homelessness and Social Stigma

Autor/in	Kidd, Sean A.
Titel	Youth Homelessness and Social Stigma
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36 (2007) 3, S.291-299 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-006-9100-3
Schlagwörter	Sexual Orientation; Self Esteem; Mental Health; Homeless People; Anxiety; Suicide; Mental Disorders; Social Bias; Youth; Urban Areas; Foreign Countries; Attitude Measures; Psychological Patterns; Canada (Toronto); New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexuelle Orientierung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Psychohygiene; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Angst; Selbstmord; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Urban area; Stadtregion; Ausland
Abstract	Building upon previous exploratory qualitative research (Kidd S.A. (2003) "Child Adol. Social Work J." 20(4):235-261), this paper examines the mental health implications of social stigma as it is experienced by homeless youth. Surveys conducted with 208 youths on the streets and in agencies in New York City and Toronto revealed significant associations between perceived stigma due to homeless status and sexual orientation, panhandling and sex trade involvement, and amount of time homeless. Higher perceived stigma was also related to low self esteem, loneliness, feeling trapped, and suicidal ideation, with guilt/self-blame due to homeless status having the strongest impact on mental health variables. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10