A psychosocial mediational model of homelessness among U.S. male and female veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan
| Autor: | Suzanne Spinola, Jack Tsai, Rani A. Hoff |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male Sociology and Political Science Explanatory model 03 medical and health sciences Social support 0302 clinical medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child Path analysis (statistics) Iraq War 2003-2011 Veterans Afghan Campaign 2001 030503 health policy & services Health Policy Afghanistan Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Life domain United States humanities Ill-Housed Persons Iraq Female 0305 other medical science Psychology Psychosocial Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Health & Social Care in the Community. 29:453-463 |
| ISSN: | 1365-2524 0966-0410 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/hsc.13106 |
| Popis: | Few studies have focused on homelessness among Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND) veterans, especially female veterans. An explanatory model of homelessness was constructed and tested for each gender. Data collected in the United States from 833 OEF/OIF/OND veterans (41.5% female; Mage = 35.22, SD = 8.86) who completed the baseline assessment of the Survey of the Experiences of Returning Veterans between September 2011 and July 2014 were analysed. Path analysis was used to examine associations between risk factors and any lifetime homelessness, stratified by gender. Adverse childhood events (ACEs) and low social support were significantly associated with lifetime homelessness for both genders. Social support mediated associations between ACEs and homelessness, after controlling for sociodemographic factors. While sociodemographic risk factors are often considered in homeless prevention, these findings highlight the importance of social support among male and female OEF/OIF/OND veterans, underscoring the need to target this life domain in preventing homelessness. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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