Life Experiences and Vulnerabilities of Homeless Women: A Comparison of Women Unaccompanied Versus Accompanied by Minor Children, and Correlates with Children's Emotional Distress

T. Page; Roger M. Nooe

DOI:10.1023/A:1015741613230

Corpus ID: 68809897

Life Experiences and Vulnerabilities of Homeless Women: A Comparison of Women Unaccompanied Versus Accompanied by Minor Children, and Correlates with Children's Emotional Distress

@article{Page2002LifeEA,
  title={Life Experiences and Vulnerabilities of Homeless Women: A Comparison of Women Unaccompanied Versus Accompanied by Minor Children, and Correlates with Children's Emotional Distress},
  author={T. Page and Roger M. Nooe},
  journal={Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless},
  year={2002},
  volume={11},
  pages={215-231}
}

T. Page, Roger M. Nooe

Published 2002

Psychology

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless

The histories and service needs of 2 groups of homeless women, those unaccompanied by minor children (n = 46) and those accompanied by minor children (n = 22), were compared, on the basis of their responses to a biennial survey of homeless people in a midsize city in the southeast United States. Mothers of children aged 2–10 also completed a measure of stress symptoms for their children (n = 20). Irrespective of family status group, problems such as substance abuse, history of mental illness… CONTINUE READING

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