title: Psychosocial stressors among sheltered homeless children: relationship to behavior problems and depressive symptoms.
abstract: Level of exposure to severe psychosocial stressors was assessed among homeless children in emergency family shelters in an urban locale. The relationship between such exposure and child mental health problems was then investigated, along with the effects of adult family social support. Implications of the findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, School of Education, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Zima
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bussing
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bystritsky
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Widawski
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Belin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Benjamin
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012931:Social Environment; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data