1. Correlates of Substance Use Severity Among Homeless Youth.
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Nyamathi, Adeline, Hudson, Angela, Greengold, Barbara, Slagle, Alexandra, Marfisee, Mary, Khalilifard, Farinaz, and Leake, Barbara
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ANALYSIS of variance ,HOMELESS persons ,INTERVIEWING ,RESEARCH methodology ,PROBABILITY theory ,REGRESSION analysis ,RESEARCH funding ,STATISTICAL sampling ,SUPPORT groups ,SUBSTANCE abuse ,SOCIAL support ,CROSS-sectional method ,SEVERITY of illness index ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
PROBLEM: This cross-sectional study identified a number of factors that were correlated with drug-use severity among homeless youth. METHODS: To examine a commonly used measure of substance-use severity, the TCU Drug Screen II, in a convenience sample of 156 homeless youth, ages 15-25 from a drop-in site in Santa Monica, California. FINDINGS: Higher drug-use severity scores were independently related to low levels of perceived health and maladaptive coping strategies. CONCLUSIONS: The findings from this study are particularly relevant in that they support previous results showing that psychosocial variables are related to substance use behavior among young populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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