@article{ref1,
title="Enhancing risk detection among homeless youth: a randomized clinical trial of a promising pilot intervention",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2018",
author="Bender, Kimberly A. and DePrince, Anne and Begun, Stephanie and Hathaway, Jessica and Haffejee, Badiah and Schau, Nicholas",
volume="33",
number="19",
pages="2945-2967",
abstract="Homeless youth frequently experience victimization, and youth with histories of trauma often fail to detect danger risks, making them vulnerable to subsequent victimization. The current study describes a pilot test of a skills-based intervention designed to improve risk detection among homeless youth through focusing attention to internal, interpersonal, and environmental cues. Youth aged 18 to 21 years (N = 74) were recruited from a shelter and randomly assigned to receive usual case management services or usual services plus a 3-day manualized risk detection intervention. Pretest and posttest interviews assessed youths' risk detection abilities through vignettes describing risky situations and asking youth to identify risk cues present. Separate 2 (intervention vs. control) × 2 (pretest vs. posttest) mixed ANOVAs found significant interaction effects, as intervention youth significantly improved in overall risk detection compared with control youth. Post hoc subgroup analyses found the intervention had a greater effect for youth without previous experiences of indirect victimization than those with previous indirect victimization experiences.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260516633208",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260516633208"
}