Citation

Huntington N, Buckner JC, Bassuk EL. Am. Behav. Sci. 2008; 51(6): 737-755.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0002764207311985

PMID

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Abstract

Using a person-centered analytical approach, this article examines data from the Worcester Family Research Project to determine whether homeless children (53 preschoolers and 69 school-age children) can be classified into subgroups based on measures of behavior problems, adaptive functioning, and achievement. Cluster analyses revealed two clusters: higher functioning children (doing well across all three domains, n = 57) and lower functioning children (doing poorly across all three domains, n = 65). These results highlight that homeless children are not a homogeneous group, that a subgroup of children are doing well despite the stresses they face, and that services and policies perhaps ought to be more specifically targeted.