Home Is where You Draw Strength and Rest: The Meanings of Home for Houseless Young People

Autor/inn/en	Kidd, Sean A.; Evans, Josh D.
Titel	Home Is where You Draw Strength and Rest: The Meanings of Home for Houseless Young People
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 43 (2011) 2, S.752-773 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X10374018
Schlagwörter	Youth; Family Environment; Homeless People; Youth Problems; Disadvantaged Youth; Social Attitudes; Social Problems; Social Values; Social Cognition; Interviews; Adolescent Attitudes; Foreign Countries; World Views; Hermeneutics; Phenomenology; Canada (Toronto); New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Familienmilieu; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Sozialer Wert; Soziale Kognition; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausland; World view; Weltanschauung; Hermeneutik; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie
Abstract	This qualitative study examined the meanings ascribed to the construct "home" by 208 youths defined by mainstream society as "homeless". Youth narratives on the topic of home ranged across a continuum with home as state at one end (i.e., home is a state of mind, comprised of one's friends) and home as place at the other (i.e., home as a physical dwelling). Youths employing the former meanings had typically been on the street for longer periods and identified with counterculture-type ideologies. For youths who defined home as place, home was constructed in direct opposition to street experiences. For both of these groups, control emerged as a central theme in their narratives. The implications of these findings for engaging youth and goal setting regarding exiting the streets are described. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10