Milburn Norweeta, Liang Li-Jung, Lee Sung-Jae, Rotheram-Borus Mary Jane, Rosenthal Doreen, Mallett Shelley, Lightfoot Marguerita, Lester Patricia
University of California-Los Angeles.
J Community Psychol. 2009 Jan 29;37(2):135-147. doi: 10.1002/jcop.20283.
There is growing evidence to support developing new typologies for homeless adolescents. Current typologies focus on the risks associated with being homeless, with less consideration of the positive attributes of homeless adolescents. The authors examined both risk and protective factors in a sample of newly homeless adolescents. Using cluster analysis techniques, they identified three distinct clusters of newly homeless adolescents: those who are protected and doing relatively well while out of home with more protective than risk factors, those who are at-risk, and those who are risky with more risk than protective factors. Over half (51.9%) of these newly homeless adolescents were in the protected cluster. This typology has implications for the design and implementation of services and interventions for newly homeless adolescents to reconnect them with stable housing situations.
越来越多的证据支持为无家可归的青少年开发新的类型学。当前的类型学关注与无家可归相关的风险，而较少考虑无家可归青少年的积极特质。作者在一个新无家可归青少年样本中研究了风险和保护因素。通过聚类分析技术，他们识别出三类不同的新无家可归青少年群体：那些受到保护且离家后情况相对良好，保护因素多于风险因素的青少年；那些处于风险中的青少年；以及那些风险因素多于保护因素的高危青少年。这些新无家可归青少年中超过一半（51.9%）属于受保护群体。这种类型学对于为新无家可归青少年设计和实施服务及干预措施以帮助他们重新获得稳定住房状况具有启示意义。
