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Ferguson, Kristin M.; Bender, Kimberly; Thompson, Sanna J. – Youth & Society, 2018
This study used the risk and resilience framework to examine predictors of formal and informal sources of income among homeless young adults. Formal sources of income generation consisted of full-time, part-time, or paid, temporary work. Informal sources included earning money from selling personal possessions, selling drugs, and theft. In all,…
Descriptors: Risk, Resilience (Psychology), Income, Homeless People
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Thompson, Sanna J.; Ryan, Tiffany N.; Montgomery, Katherine L.; Lippman, Angie Del Prado; Bender, Kimberly; Ferguson, Kristin – Youth & Society, 2016
This study explored the perceptions of resilience and coping among homeless young adults, a focus that differs from previous research by considering the unconventional resilience and coping of this high-risk population. Semistructured qualitative interviews were conducted with 45 homeless young adults. Individual interviews were audio recorded,…
Descriptors: Coping, Resilience (Psychology), Homeless People, Semi Structured Interviews