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Early sexual abuse, street adversity and drug use among female homeless and runaway adolescents in the Midwest
(Abus sexuel dans l'enfance, hostilité de la rue et usage de drogues chez des femmes sans abri et des adolescentes errantes dans le Midwest)
Auteur(s) :
CHEN, X. ;
TYLER K. A. ;
WHITBECK L. B. ;
HOYT D. R.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
1-21
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0022-0426
Refs biblio. :
59
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
ABUS SEXUEL
;
SANS ABRI
;
ERRANCE
;
SEXE FEMININ
;
ADOLESCENT
;
ABUS
;
FACTEUR DE RISQUE
;
MODELE
;
CONSOMMATION
;
SOCIOLOGIE
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Issues, 2004, 34, 1-21
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Research on homeless and runaway adolescents has shown that this population is at high risk for illicit drug use. Though sexual abuse has been widely considered in the etiology of illicit drug use, we know less about how early sexual abuse affects young people's decisions to run away, to use drugs, and to engage in other deviant behavior on the streets. Based on interviews with 367 female homeless and runaway adolescents in four midwestern states, the current study revealed a high prevalence of drug use, especially use of cocaine among youths with sexual abuse histories. Path analyses showed that early sexual abuse indirectly affected drug use on the streets via running away at an earlier age, spending more time on the street, and use of deviant strategies to survive (e.g., affiliation with deviant peers, trading sex, and use of nonsexual deviant subsistence strategies). (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Tulane Univ., New-Orleans, LA
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.