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Children Living in Temporary Shelters : How Homelessness Effects Their Perception of Home.

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Epps, Alice M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Colección:Children of poverty.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.