TY - JOUR PY - 2018// TI - Enhancing risk detection among homeless youth: a randomized clinical trial of a promising pilot intervention JO - Journal of interpersonal violence A1 - Bender, Kimberly A. A1 - DePrince, Anne A1 - Begun, Stephanie A1 - Hathaway, Jessica A1 - Haffejee, Badiah A1 - Schau, Nicholas SP - 2945 EP - 2967 VL - 33 IS - 19 N2 - 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.

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LA - en SN - 0886-2605 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260516633208 ID - ref1 ER -