title: The health practices of homeless women: a causal model.
abstract: A theoretical model was developed and tested to explain the effects of learned helplessness, self-esteem, and depression on the health practices of homeless women. Data were collected from a sample of 122 homeless women recruited from six shelters. Structural equation analysis was used to evaluate the model. Analysis revealed a goodness-of-fit index of 98, indicating a good fit of the model with the data. Overall, the variables in the model accounted for 14% to 21% of the variance in the health practices of homeless women.
authors.affiliation: Essex Valley Visiting Nurses Association, East Orange, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Flynn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006380:Helplessness, Learned; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*