Personal Resources and Homelessness in Early Life: Predictors of Depression in Consumers of Homeless Multiservice Centers

Autor/inn/en	DeForge, Bruce R.; Belcher, John R.; O'Rourke, Michael; Lindsey, Michael A.
Titel	Personal Resources and Homelessness in Early Life: Predictors of Depression in Consumers of Homeless Multiservice Centers
Quelle	In: Journal of Loss and Trauma, 13 (2008) 2-3, S.222-242 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1532-5024
Schlagwörter	Homeless People; Mental Disorders; Multiple Regression Analysis; Depression (Psychology); Correlation; Poverty; Predictor Variables; Social Services; Physical Health; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Age Differences; Self Esteem; Stress Variables; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Korrelation; Armut; Prädiktor; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Gesundheitszustand; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit
Abstract	This study explored the relationship between personal resources and previous adverse life events such as homelessness and depression. Participants were recruited from two church sponsored multisite social service centers in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The interview included demographics and several standardized scales to assess history of homelessness, medical history, personal resources, and depressive symptoms. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that participants with higher levels of depressive symptoms were older, had a history of homelessness, had more health problems, had a history of mental illness, and had lower self-esteem, mastery, and mattering. A subanalysis indicated that individuals who had experienced homelessness at or before age 21 had higher levels of depressive symptoms than those who were first homeless as an adult. Previous history of homelessness, especially before age 21, and lack of personal resources may place individuals at risk for psychological distress, including higher levels of depressive symptoms. (Contains 4 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10