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Ferguson, Kristin M. – Social Work Research, 2009
This article explores the psychosocial and behavioral adjustment outcomes associated with verbal, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse among homeless young adults as well as the associations among abuse types. Convenience sampling was used to select 28 homeless young adults (ages 18 to 24) from one drop-in center. Overall, subjects experienced…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Homeless People, Drinking, Young Adults
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Ferguson, Kristin M.; Xie, Bin – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
Objective: To reduce mental health symptoms and high-risk behaviors and increase social support and service utilization among street-living youth, the authors conducted a pilot study to assess the feasibility of the social enterprise intervention (SEI) at a homeless youth agency. Method: Convenience sampling was used to recruit 16 street-living…
Descriptors: Intervention, Feasibility Studies, Homeless People, Life Satisfaction