Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless最新文献

Introduction: Youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) exhibit depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation at much higher rates than the general population (Burke et al., 2022), with suicide the leading cause of mortality among YEH (Auerswald et al., 2016), likely due to a confluence of stressors (Budescu et al., 2021). To better prevent suicide, understanding factors associated with suicidal risk, such as cognitive distortions and problem-solving, has been a focus of prior research (Wilson et al., 2011). However, little is known about the relationship between these factors and suicidal risk among YEH.

Method: Using baseline data from a study with suicidal YEH (N = 150), correlation and mediation analyses were completed to determine the associations between cognitive distortions, problem-solving, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation.

Results: Higher cognitive distortions and poorer problem-solving were significantly associated with depressive symptomology. Additionally, negative problem orientation was a significant mediator of the pathway between cognitive distortions and depressive symptoms. However, we found no relationships among the variables to suicidal ideation. Likewise, sex-at-birth was not significant as a moderator.

Conclusion: Findings suggest that negative problem orientation could be an important target for preventing depressive symptoms among YEH experiencing cognitive distortions, and future research is recommended to confirm this relationship.

Introduction: Rapid re-housing (RRH) for individuals experiencing homelessness is associated with decreased chronic homelessness and better health outcomes. However, little is known about young people's RRH outcomes.

Method: The present study examines RRH outcomes for youth experiencing homelessness of varying substance use disorder (SUD) and psychiatric profiles. Young people entered RRH units between May 2020 and April 2021. Data were gathered via structured assessment. Housing outcomes were assessed after 1 year. Successful outcomes included lease renewal or program completion. Unsuccessful outcomes included loss of lease or voluntary termination.

Results: Fifty-one young people participated in this study, with most participants identifying as cis male and Black/African American. Diagnosis of alcohol use disorder and frequency of cannabis use predicted significantly lower likelihood of successful housing outcomes.

Conclusion: Our findings suggest the need for targeted intervention for substance use among young people as a mechanism to improve sustainability in RRH programs.

Unaccompanied homelessness during adolescence is a risk factor for varied poor outcomes, yet enumeration efforts struggle to provide feasible results and few analyses consider how risk might differ for this group. We consider data from the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey from 10 states that asked about unaccompanied homelessness and sleeping arrangement. Students who experienced any form of homelessness were at higher risk for poor outcomes and other risk experiences. Few students reported both unaccompanied homelessness and usually sleeping in a homeless situation. Youth experiencing unaccompanied homelessness had higher risk for alcohol problems and lower risk for severe drug use and poor grades compared to students who experienced other forms of homelessness; otherwise they had similar levels of risk for poor outcomes. Results are consistent with the view that students who experience unaccompanied homeless are a distinguishable subpopulation of students who experience homelessness and are at high levels of risk of poor outcomes.