Open AccessEARLY LIFE EXPERIENCES AND RESIDENTIAL STABILITY: A Ten‐Year Perspective on Sheltered Care
Author(s) -
Segal Steven P.,
Hines Alice M.,
Florian Victor
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of orthopsychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.959
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1939-0025
pISSN - 0002-9432
DOI - 10.1037/h0079387
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , developmental psychology , gerontology , psychiatry , medicine , artificial intelligence , computer science
The effects of early family losses and disruptions on the ability of seriously mentally disabled individuals to achieve stable living arrangements were investigated. Factors found to predict instability were early losses, early disruptions, psychological symptoms, and youth. Among factors found to predict stability were increased age and a diagnosis of schizophrenia.