Armstrong Jenna M, Owens Caitlyn R, Haskett Mary E
Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Box 7650, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2018 Oct;49(5):681-687. doi: 10.1007/s10578-018-0790-z.
The link between youth homelessness and mental health functioning was examined using state population-representative 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data. The moderating role of victimization and perceived teacher support also was examined. Consistent with hypotheses, results indicated that homelessness was associated with greater mental health challenges, more victimization, and less teacher support. The association between homelessness and mental health was not moderated by perceived teacher support. However, victimization experiences served as a moderator such that more victimization exacerbated the effect of homelessness on mental health challenges. This study supports the utility of the YRBS for gaining understanding of the experiences and needs of youth experiencing homelessness and adds to the growing literature on predictors of individual differences in mental health functioning of these vulnerable youth.
利用2015年具有州人口代表性的青少年风险行为调查（YRBS）数据，研究了青少年无家可归与心理健康状况之间的联系。还考察了受侵害经历和教师感知支持的调节作用。与假设一致，结果表明无家可归与更大的心理健康挑战、更多的受侵害经历以及更少的教师支持相关。教师感知支持并未调节无家可归与心理健康之间的关联。然而，受侵害经历起到了调节作用，即更多的受侵害经历加剧了无家可归对心理健康挑战的影响。本研究支持YRBS在了解无家可归青少年的经历和需求方面的效用，并为关于这些弱势青少年心理健康功能个体差异预测因素的不断增长的文献增添了内容。
