Youth Experience of Trying to Get off the Street: What Has Helped and Hindered

Autor/inn/en	Brown, Tracy L.; Amundson, Norman E.
Titel	Youth Experience of Trying to Get off the Street: What Has Helped and Hindered
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of Counselling, 44 (2010) 2, Artikel 389 PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0828-3893
Schlagwörter	Homeless People; Drinking; Foreign Countries; Welfare Recipients; Incentives; Youth; Barriers; Attitude Change; Behavior Change; Financial Problems; Youth Problems; Social Support Groups; Helping Relationship; Social Services; Drug Use; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Trinken; Ausland; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Anreiz; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Helfende Beziehung; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Kanada
Abstract	This qualitative study involved 20 youth (18 males, 1 female, 1 transgender, ages 19-24) living in Vancouver, British Columbia, who reported 259 critical incidents of what helped or hindered their experiences as they tried to get off the street. What helped included (a) taking responsibility, (b) engaging in constructive activities, (c) friends and family support, (d) changing drug and alcohol use, (e) support from professional organizations, (f) disillusionment with street life, (g) dreams and hope for a different future, (h) income assistance, and (i) leaving negative influences behind. What hindered included (a) drugs and alcohol; (b) emotional struggles; (c) lack of support; (d) enjoyment of homelessness; (e) limited formal education, life skills, and employment; and (f) income assistance difficulties. The results are discussed in relation to implications and recommendations for practice, limitations, and future research. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. 223 Colonnade Road South Suite 114, Ottawa, ON K2E 7K3, Canada. e-mail: info@ccacc.ca; Web site: http://cjc-rcc.ucalgary.ca
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10