TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of Transience Among Homeless Emerging Adults
AU - Ferguson, Kristin M.
AU - Bender, Kimberly
AU - Thompson, Sanna J.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Funding for this study was provided in Los Angeles by the University of Southern California (USC), School of Social Work Hamovitch Research Center; in Denver by the University of Denver, Graduate School of Social Work; and in Austin by a Faculty Development Grant from the University of Texas at Austin and the Center for Social Work Research. We would like to acknowledge Connie Chung from the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University, Kimberly Biddle and Jina Sang from the USC School of Social Work, Jamie Yoder and Chelsea Komlo from the University of Denver, and Tiffany Ryan, Katherine Montgomery, and Angie Lippman from the University of Texas at Austin for their involvement in the study as research assistants.
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - This study identified predictors of transience among homeless emerging adults in three cities. A total of 601 homeless emerging adults from Los Angeles, Austin, and Denver were recruited using purposive sampling. Ordinary least squares regression results revealed that significant predictors of greater transience include White ethnicity, high school degree or equivalent, homeless residence in the 6 months prior to the study, longer period of homelessness, history of arrest and juvenile detention, earning income through informal sources, history of physical abuse, alcohol/drug addiction, and resilience characteristics. Quantitative findings were expanded upon with data from in-depth interviews with 145 of these homeless emerging adults regarding their reasons and motivations for transience. Identifying predictors of transience will facilitate customizing interventions that, when needed, aim to stabilize homeless emerging adults, prevent their mobility, and/or offer mobile services to them on the road.
AB - This study identified predictors of transience among homeless emerging adults in three cities. A total of 601 homeless emerging adults from Los Angeles, Austin, and Denver were recruited using purposive sampling. Ordinary least squares regression results revealed that significant predictors of greater transience include White ethnicity, high school degree or equivalent, homeless residence in the 6 months prior to the study, longer period of homelessness, history of arrest and juvenile detention, earning income through informal sources, history of physical abuse, alcohol/drug addiction, and resilience characteristics. Quantitative findings were expanded upon with data from in-depth interviews with 145 of these homeless emerging adults regarding their reasons and motivations for transience. Identifying predictors of transience will facilitate customizing interventions that, when needed, aim to stabilize homeless emerging adults, prevent their mobility, and/or offer mobile services to them on the road.
KW - homeless emerging adults
KW - mobility
KW - resilience
KW - risk behavior
KW - transience
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U2 - 10.1177/0743558413487770
DO - 10.1177/0743558413487770
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84893050265
VL - 29
SP - 213
EP - 240
JO - Journal of Adolescent Research
JF - Journal of Adolescent Research
SN - 0743-5584
IS - 2
ER -