1. Factors Associated With Substance Use Disorders Among Traumatized Homeless Youth.
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Thompson, Sanna J., Bender, Kimberly, Ferguson, Kristin M., and Kim, Yeonwoo
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SUBSTANCE abuse risk factors ,WOUNDS & injuries ,HOMELESS persons ,AGE distribution ,ALCOHOLISM ,CHI-squared test ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,STATISTICAL correlation ,INTERVIEWING ,MEDICAL cooperation ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH ,PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience ,STATISTICS ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,JUDGMENT sampling ,QUANTITATIVE research ,COMMUNITY-based social services ,PREDICTIVE validity ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,ODDS ratio ,HISTORY - Abstract
This study aimed to identify homeless youths’ lifestyle and trauma-related risk factors as well as protective factors associated with alcohol use disorder or no disorder and drug use disorder or no disorder. Youth receiving homeless services in Denver (n= 201), Austin (n= 200), and Los Angeles (n= 200;N= 601) completed quantitative interviews assessing demographic information, alcohol and drug use, homeless lifestyle risk factors, trauma-related risk factors, and protective factors. Findings showed differences in trauma-related risk factors between alcohol and drug use disorders, but not homeless lifestyle risks. Protective factors predicted substance use disorders beyond risk factors. Understanding trauma-related risk and protective factors associated with substance use disorders could improve interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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