Fors S W, Rojek D G
University of Georgia, Athens.
J Drug Educ. 1991;21(1):13-25. doi: 10.2190/LJWU-FXTM-TEXG-WK4G.
Problems related to homeless/runaway youths have received increased attention in recent years. Homeless/runaway youths manifest many problems in addition to being absent from home and without supervision of a parent or guardian. The purpose of the study was to determine drug use and abuse patterns of homeless/runaway youths and to compare those patterns, along with attitudes toward selected illicit behaviors, with similar data collected from adolescents in school. Data were collected from persons (n = 253) in homeless/runaway shelters in the southeast United States. Comparisons made with data from other studies of runaways and of youths in school indicate that drug use and abuse is two-three times more prevalent for runaways than with the school youths. Runaways' attitudes toward selected illicit behaviors are more tolerant than those of school youths. Intervention programs for runaway/homeless youths should reflect an understanding of the complexity of the psycho-social and behavioral history of the clients which is much different than that of those who are in school.
近年来，与无家可归/离家出走青少年相关的问题受到了越来越多的关注。无家可归/离家出走的青少年除了离家且缺乏父母或监护人的监管外，还表现出许多问题。本研究的目的是确定无家可归/离家出走青少年的吸毒和药物滥用模式，并将这些模式以及对某些非法行为的态度与从在校青少年收集的类似数据进行比较。数据是从美国东南部无家可归/离家出走青少年收容所的人员（n = 253）中收集的。与其他关于离家出走青少年和在校青少年的研究数据进行比较表明，离家出走青少年的吸毒和药物滥用情况比在校青少年普遍两到三倍。离家出走青少年对某些非法行为的态度比在校青少年更为宽容。针对离家出走/无家可归青少年的干预项目应体现出对服务对象心理社会和行为历史复杂性的理解，这与在校青少年的情况有很大不同。
