The aim of this work was to analyze the influence of neighbors and parents on children’s antisocial behavior. The participants were 96 homeless children and 96 students. The instruments applied were the Scale of Antisocial Behavior (Castell, Frías, Corral & Sotomayor, 2000) and the Scales of Addictive Behavior (Reich & Herjanic, 1989; Vazsonyi, Pickering, Junger & Hessing, 2001). First univariate statistics were obtained, after a model was tested using structural equations modeling. The data showed that children’s antisocial and addictive behavior was affected by father’s antisocial behavior, mother’s addictive behavior and neighborhood. For homeless children their antisocial behavior was influenced directly by their addictive behavior and father’s antisocial behavior. For students, neighborhood, father’s antisocial behavior and children’s addictive behavior influenced on children’s antisocial behavior. In both groups the neighborhood and mother’s addictive behavior influenced directly children’s addictive behavior. / Se analizó la influencia del vecindario y la familia en el comportamiento antisocial de menores. Los participantes fueron 192 menores, 96 con antecedentes de indigencia y 96 escolares no indigentes. Se administraron la Escala de Comportamiento Antisocial (Castell,Frías, Corral & Sotomayor, 2000) y las Escalas de Comportamiento Adictivo (Reich & Herjanic, 1989; Vazsonyi, Pickering, Junger & Hessing, 2001). Se calcularon frecuencias de medias, desviaciones estándar y modelamiento estructural. Los resultados mostraron que la conducta antisocial y adictiva estaba influenciada por el comportamiento antisocial del padre, el comportamiento adictivo de la madre y el vecindario. Para los menores indigentes, el comportamiento antisocial estaba directamente influido por su comportamiento adictivo y el comportamiento antisocial del padre. Para el grupo de estudiantes el comportamiento antisocial estaba influido por el vecindario, por su comportamiento adictivo y por el comportamiento antisocial del padre. Para ambos grupos el vecindario y el comportamiento adictivo de la madre influyeron directamente en el comportamiento adictivo de los mismos.

The number of homeless children and youth in the United States is on the rise (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2016). Between 2016 and 2017 in the Los Angeles County Homeless Count, there was a 41% increase in the number of homeless minors (The Los Angeles Service Authority, 2017). Education is key to bringing people out of poverty and ending the cycle of homelessness. Using a socio-psychological lens, this case study examined the perceptions of six of the staff and volunteers at one site of the Griffon Learning Center, an organization trying to close the educational gaps of homeless children and youth. It also includes the perspectives of 12 children and youth who utilized their services. The data of this study include interviews, observations of a participant observer, ethnographic field notes, journal reflections, and document analysis. An examination of the relevant literature is included. Although this study cannot end the cycle of homelessness, it hopes to shed light on the issue and makes recommendations to organizations, school districts, politicians and legislatures, and educational researchers

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M.A. / The street child phenomenon is a world-wide phenomenon. However ; it is perceived to be most prominent in third world countries as compared to first world countries. The main issue is that children are forced to leave the comfort or discomfort of their homes to live on the street. This results from a number of factors. According to Schurink and Tiba in Schurink (1993:10), an extensive literature study revealed the following key factors: rapid urbanization, high rates of unemployment, poverty, inadequate housing, maladjustment to family disintegration. According to Maphatane (1993:1), today's children and youngsters face many problems and pressures arising from the changing structure of the family and the community and the breaking down of traditional systems of support and preparations for adult life. The emergence of the street child phenomenon results from poor soci-economic and political conditions. For instance according to Agnelli , as cited by Schurink (1993:13), the roots of the present clay street child phenomenon seem to lie in the historical context of economic conditions and in national and international policies accepted by various countries.

This study examined the association between traumatic exposure and mental health outcomes in sheltered homeless children. Also investigated was the moderating role of perceived social support in the pathway between traumatic exposure and emotional distress. Trauma exposure was conceptualized in two ways: first through lifetime exposures to abuse, neglect, negative peers, community and interpersonal violence, and the loss of significant attachment figures, and; second through highly stressful events that occur s pecifically in the context of homelessness. Mental health outcomes included symptoms of depression, anxiety, anger, aggression and posttraumatic stress. Perceived social support was measured through inventories of relationships with mothers, fathers, siblings and best friends. The sample consisted of 81 children between the ages of 8-16 and one of their parents. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses found that lifetime trauma exposure and homeless specific complex stress independently accounted for a significant amount of the variance in symptoms of depression, anxiety, aggression, and posttraumatic stress. Lifetime trauma alone accounted for the variance in anger and anxiety related symptomatology. Perceived social support was found to have no influence on mental health morbidity. The study consisted of a novel approach to understanding the psychological experiences of sheltered homeless children. These findings inform the design of clinical interventions for this vulnerable population of children and may have important public policy implications.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Central Florida, 2009. / Adviser: James D. Wright. Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-78).

Thesis (M.C.S.)--Regent College, 1990. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-129).

Thesis (M.A.)--Humboldt State University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-99). Also available via Humboldt Digital Scholar.

[pt] A presente tese é um estudo descritivo sobre o Trabalho de Socialização de meninos de rua em Belém do Pará desenvolvido pelo Movimento República do Pequeno Vendedor - RPV. Tem como objetivo descrever o trabalho de atendimento aos meninos de rua partindo da prática da República do Pequeno Vendedor na socialização e valorização dos mesmos. Para isso, estudou primeiramente, a concepção e a história da infância pobre no Brasil, o processo de socialização de meninos de rua, políticas públicas para infância, assim como, os princípios norteadores que fundamentam o trabalho da RPV. Parte da hipótese que a RPV vem construindo estratégias e práticas pedagógicas que inserem os meninos de rua na sociedade. Para coleta de dados da pesquisa, foram consultados documentos do Conselho Municipal dos Direitos das Crianças e Adolescentes de Belém - CMDCA, Fundação Papa João XXIII - FUNPAPA, Fundação do Bem Estar da Criança e do Adolescente do Pará – FUNCAP, Lar de Maria, Centro de Valorização da Criança – CVC, os dois pólos de atendimento da RPV – Jurunas e Benguí - e as bibliotecas das três grandes universidades paraenses: UFPA, UEPA e UNAMA. O estudo fundamenta-se no pressuposto da abordagem qualitativa e os instrumentos de coleta de dados foram: o levantamento documental, a entrevista e a observação participante. O levantamento documental constituiu-se na técnica de seleção de documentos históricos, tais como: cartilhas, estatutos, regimentos, panfletos, relatórios e projetos, com a finalidade de relatar criticamente a trajetória da República do Pequeno Vendedor no trabalho de socialização de meninos de rua. As entrevistas e as observações constituíram outros instrumentos metodológicos da pesquisa. Foram feitas entrevistas respectivamente com o fundador, a coordenadora, a ex-coordenadora, educadores e sócios solidários da República do Pequeno Vendedor, obedecendo um roteiro de perguntas pré-estabelecido para cada entrevistado. A análise dos resultados mostra que o processo de socialização dos meninos de rua feito pela RPV é positiva, possibilitando a inserção desses meninos na sociedade e no mercado de trabalho através de sua profissionalização, assim como, resgatando à dignidade de pessoa humana dos mesmos. / [en] This thesis is a descriptive study on the socialization work with homeless children in Belém, developed by the Movimento Republica do Pequeno Vendedor - RPV. For this, it has studied firstly the conception and history of poor children in Brazil, their socialization process, public policies for them, as well as the guiding principles that underlie the work of the RPV. The study starting point was the hypothesis that the RPV has been building strategies and pedagogical practices that introduce the homeless children into society. To collect the survey data, documents from the Municipal Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents in Belém - CMDCA, Pope John XXIII Foundation - FUNPAPA, Foundation of Welfare of the Child and Adolescent of Pará· - FUNCAP, Home of Mary, Child s Recovery Center- CVC, the two poles of assistance of RPV - Jurunas and Benguí - were consulted, as well as the libraries of the three major universities of Pará·: UFPA, UEPA and UNAMA. The study is based on the assumption of qualitative research and data collection instruments were documentary survey, interview and participant observation. The documentary survey selected primers, statutes, bylaws, brochures, reports and projects, in order to report the trajectory of the RPV. The interviews and observations formed other methodological tools of research. Interviews were processed with the founder, coordinator, former coordinator, educators and general partners of the RPV, following a script of questions predetermined for each interviewee. The data analysis demonstrated that the socialization process developed by RPV is positive and enable the integration of these children into society.

M.A. / The aim of organizations working with street children is to reunite the children with their families and communities. Previous research pertaining to street children has focused on the causes and extent of the street child phenomenon, life on the streets, programmes for street children, and host communities (localities where children sleep on the streets). The focus of this study is on source communities (neighbourhoods where the children’s families are located). The attitudes of source communities towards children who are returning to their families is indicative of the level of support these children are likely to experience within the community. The aim of this study has been to explore the attitudes of role-players within a source community towards former street children. The role-player groups identified for the study were educators, neighbours, youth groups, church groups, peers and spaza shop owners. These role-players were perceived as the ones that the children were likely to interact with directly. Focus group discussions were held with educators, neighbours, youth group representatives, church group representatives and peers. Individual interviews were held with spaza shop owners for logistical reasons. For the purpose of this study the concept “attitudes” was understood as having both cognitive and affective components. The study took place in Refilwe, a satellite of Cullinan. The conclusions drawn from this study were as follows: 1. Attitudes towards former street children seem to be based on participants’ perceptions of children living on the streets. 2. Lack of accurate information about street children contributed to the rejection and labelling of the children. 3. There was a widespread assumption that street children inevitably become involved in crime. 4. Fears were expressed that children returning from the street would influence other children in the community negatively. 5. There was ambivalence about whether or not the child could be trusted once he returned home. 6. Participants believed that it was important for the child to return home. 7. Several role-players were identified as being responsible for the child’s well-being and his reintegration into the community. 8. The return of former street children was perceived as an additional burden on an already under-resourced community. 9. Participants perceived a need for programmes to prepare the child, the family and the community. The following recommendations were made: 1. A survey of the attitudes of other source communities would be useful in identifying common themes. 2. Organizations working with street children need to organize awareness campaigns in order to educate source communities about street children. 3. It is important to involve the community in the preparation for the children’s return home 4. Community development programmes are needed in Refilwe. Employment opportunities and additional resources would increase the community’s capacity to care for vulnerable groups. 5. A full-time social service office needs to be established in Refilwe. The focus group discussions unleashed the raising of a range of social issues. The seriousness of these issues warranted the inclusion of a chapter on additional findings. / Ms. H.F. Ellis