Predictors of close family relationships over one year among homeless young people

Predictors of perceived family bonds were examined among homeless young people who initially left home one year earlier. Newly homeless young people aged 12–20 years who had recently left home were recruited in Los Angeles County, United States ( n = 201 ) and Melbourne, Australia ( n = 124 ) and fo...

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Published inJournal of adolescence (London, England.) Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 263 - 275
Main Authors Milburn, Norweeta G., Jane Rotheram-Borus, Mary, Batterham, Philip, Brumback, Babette, Rosenthal, Doreen, Mallett, Shelley
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2005
Elsevier
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
Australia
Behavior Problems
Child
Families & family life
Family Relations
Family Relationship
Family relationships
Financial Support
Foreign Countries
Homeless People
Homeless young people
Homeless Youth
Homelessness
Humans
Intervention
Interviews as Topic
Longitudinal Studies
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Melbourne, Australia
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Personal relationships
Risk factors
Runaways
Teenagers
United States
USA
Victoria
Young Adults
Australia
United States
Victoria
Los Angeles
Los Angeles California
United States > US
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Summary:Predictors of perceived family bonds were examined among homeless young people who initially left home one year earlier. Newly homeless young people aged 12–20 years who had recently left home were recruited in Los Angeles County, United States ( n = 201 ) and Melbourne, Australia ( n = 124 ) and followed longitudinally at 3, 6, and 12 months (follow-up rates ranging from 72% to 86% overall). These homeless young people varied substantially in their bonds to their families. Family bonds at one year were predicted in multivariate regression analyses by having significantly fewer problem behaviours when leaving home and decreasing rates of problem behaviours over the next year. Having more emotional support and more instrumental financial support were also significantly associated with greater family bonds one year later. These results suggest that efforts to reunite families may be a viable intervention strategy for newly homeless young people.
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ISSN:0140-1971
1095-9254
DOI:10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.02.006