Donahue P J, Tuber S B
Homeless Services, Center for Preventive Psychiatry, White Plains, New York 10605, USA.
Bull Menninger Clin. 1995 Spring;59(2):249-55.
In a sample of 39 school-age homeless children, their length of stay in shelters for the homeless was significantly correlated with an index of their level of aspiration. This correlation remained significant even when the effects of the children's intelligence and their performance on a related cognitive task were partialed out. Stories given in response to two Thematic Apperception Test cards by a small sample of these children illustrate the potentially traumatic consequences of homelessness on children's hopes and aspirations.
在一个由39名学龄期无家可归儿童组成的样本中，他们在无家可归者收容所的停留时间与他们的抱负水平指数显著相关。即使排除了儿童智力及其在相关认知任务中的表现的影响，这种相关性仍然显著。这些儿童中的一小部分人在回答两张主题统觉测验卡片时所讲述的故事，说明了无家可归对儿童的希望和抱负可能产生的创伤性后果。
