TY - JOUR
T1 - International note
T2 - Association between perceived resilience and health risk behaviours in homeless youth
AU - Oppong Asante, Kwaku
AU - Meyer-Weitz, Anna
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents.
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - Homeless youth are regarded as an extremely high risk group, susceptible to suicidal ideation substance abuse, and high rates of mental illness. While there exists a substantial body of knowledge regarding resilience of homeless youth, few studies has examined the relationship between perceived resilience and health risk behaviours. The present study describes the findings from a quantitative examination of street-related demographics, resilience, suicidal ideation, substance abuse, sexual risk behaviours and violent related behaviours among 227 homeless youth. The findings revealed that perceived resilience was negatively related to suicidal ideation, substance abuse and violence. Suicidal ideation was positively related to both substance abuse and violence, whilst violence and substance abuse were positively correlated. Multiple regressions showed that perceived resilience served as a protective factor for suicidal ideation and having multiple sexual lifetime partners, suggesting that youth with lower level of perceived resilience were more likely to engage in various health risks behaviours.
AB - Homeless youth are regarded as an extremely high risk group, susceptible to suicidal ideation substance abuse, and high rates of mental illness. While there exists a substantial body of knowledge regarding resilience of homeless youth, few studies has examined the relationship between perceived resilience and health risk behaviours. The present study describes the findings from a quantitative examination of street-related demographics, resilience, suicidal ideation, substance abuse, sexual risk behaviours and violent related behaviours among 227 homeless youth. The findings revealed that perceived resilience was negatively related to suicidal ideation, substance abuse and violence. Suicidal ideation was positively related to both substance abuse and violence, whilst violence and substance abuse were positively correlated. Multiple regressions showed that perceived resilience served as a protective factor for suicidal ideation and having multiple sexual lifetime partners, suggesting that youth with lower level of perceived resilience were more likely to engage in various health risks behaviours.
KW - Health risk behaviours
KW - Homeless youth
KW - Resilience
KW - Substance use
KW - Suicide ideation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84920896675&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.12.006
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.12.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 25575268
AN - SCOPUS:84920896675
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 39
SP - 36
EP - 39
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
ER -