title: Situational runaway adolescents. A study on risk factors from a Turkish sample.
abstract: Drawing on a sample of 726 non-clinical adolescents (aged 17-18 years) from high schools in Ankara, Turkey, this paper primarily aims to identify the risk factors related to situational run away behavior. This study was based on an ecological risk factors model and tried to discover the associations for runaways. Run away behavior is one of the problematic behaviors very commonly seen among Turkish adolescents. Regression analyses revealed that predictors for runaway behavior differed due to gender; while, delinquency, sexual intercourse, substance use, parental separation and suicidal ideation were the significant predictors for girl adolescent runaway behaviors, while lack of parental support and depression were the significant predictors for boy adolescent runaway behavior.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Sociology, Beytepe/Ankara, Turkey. demet@hacettep.edu.tr
authors.forename: Demet M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ulusoy
authors.forename: Nilüfer Ozcan
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Demir
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D018453:Homeless Youth / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology; D010379:Peer Group; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012574:Schools; D012737:Sex Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey