Children living in temporary shelters : how homelessness effects their perception of home / / Alice M. Epps

• Autore: Epps Alice M. <1932, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (150 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.7/086/942
• Soggetto topico: Homeless children - United States; Children's shelters - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: First published by Garland Publishing, Inc. in 1998.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Children of Poverty; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Definition of Terms; 2. Literature Review; Homelessness as a National and a Regional Problem; Homelessness of Families with Children; Health Issues; School Problems; Child Development Theories; Child's Perception; Approaches to the Problem; Summary of Literature Review; 3. Problem Formation; Conceptual Frame of Reference; Hypotheses; Sex Roles and Differences; School; Environmental Considerations; Single-Parent Families; Ethnicity; Focus of the Study ; 4. MethodologyStudy Population; Sample Selection; Clearance Approval; The Setting; Development of Study Instrument; Creating Three Perception Scales; Data Collection; Human Subject Clearance; 5. Description of Study Subjects; District of Origin of the Children; Age and Gender; Race of Respondents; General Knowledge and Perception; Childrens' Original School District; School Grade and Attendance; Residence of Respondents; Living Space of Respondents; Free-time Activities of Children; Eating Arrangements; Health Status; Child's Report of Previous Living; Time Since Living in own Horne ; Parent's Age and Number of MovesInterviewers' Impression of Child; 6. Testing Hypotheses and Data Analyses; Hypotheses 1; Hypotheses 2; Hypotheses 3; Factors Associated with Ideal Scale; Factors Associated with Positive Scale; Factors Associated with Negative Scale; 7. Summary, Conclusions, Recommendations; Summary; Conclusions; Recommendations; Appendices; A. Agency Correspondence; B. Questionnaire Recording Sheet; C. Agency Worker Introduction; D. Introduction for Parents; E. Consent Form; F. Introduction for Children; G. Figure 1 Child's Drawing-Ideal Items ; Figure 2 Child's Drawing-Ideal ItemsBibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
• Titolo autorizzato: Children living in temporary shelters
• ISBN: 1-315-80518-9; 1-317-77677-1; 1-317-77678-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463988403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Children of poverty.