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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Epps, Alice M., 1932- author.

Series:

Children of poverty.

Children of Poverty

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homeless children--United States.

Homeless children.

Children's shelters--United States.

Children's shelters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

First published by Garland Publishing, Inc. in 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-80518-9

1-317-77677-1

1-317-77678-X

9781315805184

OCLC:

878138658