@article{ref1,
title="Coping styles associated with victimization profiles among homeless youth",
journal="Families in society",
year="2016",
author="Bender, Kimberly and Brown, Samantha M. and Begun, Stephanie and Barman-Adhikari, Anamika and Ferguson, Kristin",
volume="97",
number="3",
pages="171-180",
abstract="Homeless youth experience elevated rates of victimization, yet few studies have identified malleable intervention targets that could mitigate risk for such adverse experiences. Building on a prior study that used latent class analysis to identify 3 victimization profiles among homeless youth (low-victimization class, high-victimization class, and witness class), we investigate how different coping styles (active, avoidant, and social coping) were associated with each victimization profile among a large purposive sample of homeless youth (N = 601). <br><br>RESULTS indicate that youth who report employing greater avoidant coping are more likely to have a witness or high-victimization profile, while social coping is associated with having a low-victimization profile. Coping styles may represent malleable factors that offer promising intervention targets for helping homeless youth safely navigate stressful street environments<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1044-3894",
doi="10.1606/1044-3894.2016.97.20",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1606/1044-3894.2016.97.20"
}