Content and Uniformity of Stereotypes and Meta‐stereotypes of Homeless People in Madrid (Spain)

Vázquez, José Juan; Panadero, Sonia; Zúñiga, Claudia

doi:10.1002/jcop.21836

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“…The sample size was determined beforehand, on the basis of the available data for the total number of homeless people in Madrid (Vázquez, Panadero, & Zúñiga, ). To delimit the number of homeless people in Madrid (2,130 people), we used data provided by the City Council of Madrid regarding accommodation places for homeless people taken up in the winter of 2011–2012 (761 permanent places in the municipal network of the Madrid City Council, 357 places in the so‐called cold campaign, and 412 places in the social initiative network: total 1,530 places) and data on homeless people sleeping on the streets obtained from a night count carried out in the city (600 people).…”

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Suicide attempts and stressful life events among homeless people in Madrid (Spain)

Panadero

Martín

Vázquez

2018

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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The article describes a study carried out with a representative sample of homeless people in Madrid (Spain; N = 188). This study aims to corroborate the relationship identified in the literature between stressful life events and suicidal behaviour in a group in a situation of social exclusion, to assess the differences in the number and characteristics of stressful life events experienced by homeless people who are attempters and non‐attempters, and to identify which combination of stressful life events enables discrimination for suicide attempts among homeless people. The results show that 30% of homeless people in Madrid had attempted suicide, and 57.9% of them had done so for the first time when they were homeless. The interviewees are shown to have experienced a large amount of stressful life events, with substantially more stressors experienced by the homeless people who tried to commit suicide, during both their childhood and adolescence and throughout their life. Finally, we found that the combination of 7 stressful life events provided the best possible discrimination between homeless attempters and non‐attempters.

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Suicide attempts and stressful life events among homeless people in Madrid (Spain)

Panadero

Martín

Vázquez

2018

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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“…In Madrid, the capital of Spain, the City Council estimated the number of homeless people at 1,905 in 2014. Of these, 1,141 were sleeping in the network of municipal shelters or other care centres, and 764 were spending the night in the street or unsuitable places (Vázquez, Panadero, & Zúñiga, 2017a, 2017b.…”

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The revolving door to homelessness. The influence of health, alcohol consumption and stressful life events on the number of episodes of homelessness.

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Objectives.- To analyse the impact of different variables on repeated episodes of homelessness. Method.- The study was conducted based on data obtained from a representative sample of homeless people in Madrid (Spain) (n = 188). Results.- Suffering from a serious or chronic illness has an effect on the revolving door to homelessness, which is mediated by a highly negative subjective perception of the individual's own health, which is in turn mediated by suffering from a disability. Excessive alcohol consumption has an effect on the revolving door to homelessness, mediated by access to treatment for problems caused by alcohol consumption. Suffering from a serious or chronic illness correlates with having problems caused by excessive alcohol consumption. Experiencing multiple stressful life events has a direct effect on the revolving door to homelessness. Conclusions.- To prevent the revolving door to homelessness, it is necessary to remove the barriers that hinder access to normal health resources which are experienced by people suffering from social exclusion, while implementing ongoing support programmes for homeless people or those at risk of homelessness, which primarily deal with health issues.

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“…(), research with homeless people from different countries is necessary to determine whether this pattern of results is common in different cultural contexts. Furthermore, although various studies report consistencies in the SLEs to which most homeless people attribute their situation (Ji, ; Tessler, Rosenheck, & Gamache, ; Vázquez, Panadero, & Zúñiga, ,b, in press), information on this subject is lacking in cultural contexts with low levels of economic and social development.…”

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Stressful life events among homeless people in León (Nicaragua): Quantity, types, timing, and perceived causality

Vázquez

Suarez

Berríos

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Journal Community Psychology

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Nicaragua is one of Latin America's least developed countries and has a lack of data on homeless people, a stigmatized group living in extreme poverty. We conducted structured interviews with homeless people living in the city of León (Nicaragua; n = 41) to obtain data on the quantity, types, timing, and perceived causality of stressful life events (SLEs) experienced during their childhood and adolescence as well as throughout their adult lives. The findings showed that our participants had experienced a high number of extremely severe SLEs at very early ages and most of these SLEs occurred before they first became homeless. In terms of the perceived causal relationship between SLEs and homelessness, the interviewees mainly attributed being homeless to material, affective, or relationship factors, or an excessive consumption of alcohol and/or drugs. Suffering from multiple and serious SLEs, largely due to living in socioeconomically disadvantaged environments, appears to be an important vulnerability factor in both becoming homeless and chronic homelessness.

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Content and Uniformity of Stereotypes and Meta‐stereotypes of Homeless People in Madrid (Spain)

Cited by 25 publications

References 16 publications

Suicide attempts and stressful life events among homeless people in Madrid (Spain)

Suicide attempts and stressful life events among homeless people in Madrid (Spain)

The revolving door to homelessness. The influence of health, alcohol consumption and stressful life events on the number of episodes of homelessness.

Stressful life events among homeless people in León (Nicaragua): Quantity, types, timing, and perceived causality

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