This article reviews the major forms of violence against women, including sexual assault,
intimate-relationship violence, and stalking and outlines the known psychological effects of …

After a discussion of definitional issues when studying homelessness and a brief review of
the existing research literature in the United States, this article provides an overview of the …

Trauma is the physical, emotional, or psychological harm caused by deeply distressing
experiences. Research with communities that may experience high rates of trauma has …

An Archaeology of the Contemporary Era approaches the contemporary age, between the
late nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, as an archaeological period defined by specific …

It is reasonable to assume that individuals and families who are homeless have been
exposed to trauma. Research has shown that individuals who are homeless are likely to …

This study explored whether self‐efficacy and time perspective of homeless adults (N= 82)
living in a shelter affected their coping strategies related to obtaining housing and …

This study compares participation in deviant subsistence strategies, street victimization, and
lifetime prevalence of five mental disorders (conduct disorder, major depressive disorder …

Les B. Whitbeck and Dan R. Hoyt begin their report on street children in the Midwest with the
statement," If you live in or have visited even a medium-sized city recently, you have seen …

Despite the increase in consumer-driven interventions for homeless and mentally ill
individuals, there is little evidence that these programs enhance psychological outcomes …

Interpersonal violence is a ubiquitous source of fear, distress, and injury in the lives of
women in the United States, crossing lines of age, race, ethnicity, and economic status …