Adverse childhood events, substance abuse, and measures of affiliation

Article Abstract:

The relationship between adverse childhood events on adulthood substance use and the measures of affiliation among the homeless adults was determined using a longitudinal countrywide data of 397 homeless adults. Path analysis showed that adulthood substance abuse mediated the inverse relationship between adverse childhood events and two measures of adulthood affiliation.

Causes of, Behavior, Homeless children

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Substance use and separation of homeless mothers from their children

Article Abstract:

An existing longitudinal data consisting of a sample of 104 homeless women with children under 18 years old is used by a 15 month study to examine whether homeless mothers with substance use problems were more likely to experience separations from their children. It also studied the impact the substance had on their family ability.

Labor Distribution by Employer, Analysis, Statistics, Mother and child, Mother-child relations

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Motivation to stop substance use and psychological and environmental characteristics of homeless women

Article Abstract:

The characteristics associated with wanting to permanently quit their alcohol, cocaine or heroin use were examined in a study of 748 homeless women. Recognition that their substance use was an extremely serious problem was a consistent predictor of wanting to quit substance use.

Health aspects

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