Psychological consequences of child maltreatment in homeless adolescents: untangling the unique effects of maltreatment and family environment

Relationship of personal, familial, and abuse-specific factors with outcome following childhood sexual abuse

“…Further, family characteristics (i.e., support from caregiver, drug and alcohol use by caregiver, criminal justice history of caregiver) were more predictive of externalizing problems than prior abuse (Ryan et al, 2000). The stress present in a family seems to impact not only the victim and their adjustment, but also the ability of other family members to respond in a caring and nurturing way to the victim's needs.…”

Needs assessment of runaway females in Iran from an occupational therapy perspective

“…Classical research examining the causes behind running away indicated that there was a correlation between running away and family stability, poor living conditions and problematic adolescent behaviour (Robins, 1958;Robins and O'Neal, 1959;Hildebrand, 1968). Recent literature has described a relationship between runaway behaviour in adolescence and a history of maltreatment as a child (Janus et al, 1995;Kaufman and Widom, 1999;Ryan et al, 2000).…”

“…Rew (1996) identifi ed a variety of needs of homeless youths and recommended comprehensive and culturally sensitive interventions to meet their complex individual needs. Runaways with a history of physical or sexual abuse have greater needs for mental health services, compared with their nonabused counterparts (Ryan et al, 2000).…”

Housing Instability among People Who Inject Drugs: Results from the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey

“…16,20 Indeed, substantial evidence documents many risk factors common to both. 18,21 Life experiences highly prevalent among both homeless populations 21 and dependent drug users 22 include childhood adversity, subsuming poor relationships with parents, neglect, physical and sexual abuse, and being forced or placed into care out of the home, [23][24][25][26] experiences which themselves contribute to the risk of concurrent and future mental health problems [27][28][29] ; early economic disadvantage; school expulsion and lack of academic qualifications 30 ; inadequate social networks; and offending behavior and incarceration. 31 Episodes of homelessness are longer, on average, for substance-dependent individuals, 17,32 suggesting that problematic drug use can operate as a barrier to exiting homelessness.…”