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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810325103321

Autore

Percy Melanie Smith <1955, >

Titolo

"Not just a shelter kid" : how homeless children find solace / / Melanie Smith Percy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-315-80529-4

1-317-77710-7

1-317-77711-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (105 p.)

Collana

Children of Poverty

Disciplina

362.7/086/942

362.7086942

Soggetti

Homeless children - United States - Attitudes

Homeless children - United States - Psychology

Children's shelters - United States

Shelters for the homeless - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published by Garland Publishing, Inc. in 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter I No Where to Go, No Place to Be; The Trauma of Dispossession; Conducting Research With Children; Orienting Framework; Significance of the Study; Chapter II Review of the Literature; Struggling to Stay Together; ""A Kid in a Shelter""; A Child's View of Being Homeless; The Meanings of Children; Expressive Play Therapy; Preliminary Work; Chapter III Method; Heuristic Inquiry; Research Procedure; Data Management and Analysis; Trustworthiness; Chapter IV Special Things; The Child Participants

Photographic AnalysisThematic Analysis; Chapter V Discussion and Future Research; Discussion; Implications for Research; Implications for Nursing Practice; Implications for Nursing Education; Conclusion; Appendix; Interview Schedule; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.