Homelessness Among Families, Children, and Adolescents: An Ecological–Developmental Perspective
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This paper reviews and evaluates the literatures on children in families that are homeless and on adolescents who are homeless on their own. After presenting several emerging theoretical approaches, we propose a broad ecological-developmental perspective that recognizes that, although persons in these groups often lack resources and experience negative events that can amplify the risk for poor outcomes, they also have resources and adaptive potential. The perspective also recognizes that homelessness may have different meanings and outcomes at different points in development and that we need to consider interactions between individual development and multiple levels of social organization in order to foster new solutions to homelessness. On the basis of this perspective, we discuss directions for treatment and preventive interventions as well as social policy.
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Homeless or highly mobile students tend to have high levels of family adversity and other risks for poor educational, social-emotional, and health outcomes.
“HHM students also tend to experience high levels of family adversity and other risks for poor developmental outcomes like educational, social-emotional, and health problems (Buckner, 2008; Haber & Toro, 2004; Masten, Miliotis, Graham-Bermann, Ramirez, & Neemann, 1993; Samuels, Shinn, & Buckner, 2010).”
From Academic Achievement Trajectories of Homeless and Highly Mobile Students: Resilience in the Context of Chronic and Acute Risk (2013) · cites this paper as Haber & Toro, 2004
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- Authors
- Haber, M. G., & Toro, P. A.
- Affiliations
- Wayne State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Toro, Paul A.
- Venue
- Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
- Published
- 2004-09
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 123-164
- ISSN
- 1096-4037 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2827
- OpenAlex
- W2070104754
- Cited by
- 166
- References
- 7
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- FWCI
- 0.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Homelessness and Social Issues
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Child Welfare and Adoption
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Keywords
- homelessness, homeless adolescents, social policy, developmental outcomes
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Mental Disorders, Child, Ecology, Family Characteristics, Female, Ill-Housed Persons, Humans, Male, Socioeconomic Factors, United States
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