Skip to search formSkip to main contentSkip to account menu
Mental disorder, subsistence strategies, and victimization among gay, lesbian, and bisexual homeless and runaway adolescents
TLDR
Gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents from the first wave of a longitudinal study of homeless youth in four Midwestern states were more likely to have been physically and sexually abused by caretakers, to engage in risky survival strategies when on their own (including survival sex), and to meet criteria for mental disorder.
View on Taylor & Francis
The New Homelessness Revisited.
TLDR
Contributions by sociologists and other social scientists since the mid-1990s differentiate among types of homelessness, provide credible demographic estimates, and show how being homeless affects a person's life chances and coping strategies.
View on PubMed
A World of Standards but not a Standard World : Toward a Sociology of Standards and Standardization ∗
TLDR
How standardization has emerged as a sociological concern among scholars investigating a range of domains of social life, even while standards have come to mean somewhat different things to scholars focused on different sorts of problems is described.
Social and emotional outcomes of childhood sexual abuse: A review of recent research
View via Publisher
Social network characteristics and risky sexual and drug related behaviors among homeless young adults.
  • K. Tyler
  • Psychology
    Social science research
  • 1 June 2008
View on PubMed
The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Later Sexual Victimization among Runaway Youth.
Path analysis was used to investigate the impact of childhood sexual abuse on later sexual victimization among 372 homeless and runaway youth in Seattle. Young people were interviewed directly on the…
View via Publisher
Trading sex: Voluntary or coerced? The experiences of homeless youth
TLDR
The findings revealed that approximately one third of the sample had some experience with trading sex, whether it was in the form of having traded sex, having been propositioned to trade sex but having refused, or having friends or acquaintances that had traded sex.
View on Taylor & Francis
Risk Factors for Trading Sex among Homeless Young Adults
  • K. Tyler
  • Psychology
    Archives of sexual behavior
  • 1 April 2009
TLDR
Based on a sample of 151 homeless young adults in the midwestern United States, logistic regression analyses revealed that for each additional year of age, youth were 37% more likely to have traded sex.
View on Springer
Pregnancy and Intimate Partner Violence: Risk Factors, Severity, and Health Effects
TLDR
Comparing female victims of intimate partner violence who were and were not victimized during pregnancy suggests that victims who experience violence during pregnancy may be more likely to be in a current intimate relationship with an abuser who inflicts repeated and severe IPV.
View on SAGE
The Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Later Sexual Victimization Among Female Homeless and Runaway Adolescents
Based on risk amplification and victimization theories, path analysis was used to investigate the effects of early sexual abuse on later sexual victimization among 361 female homeless and runaway…
View on SAGE
...
...
By clicking accept or continuing to use the site, you agree to the terms outlined in our Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and Dataset License