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Homeless Children: Coping with Material Losses
Author(s) -
HILL RONALD PAUL
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6606.1992.tb00028.x
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , ethnography , psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , sociology , clinical psychology , anthropology
This study is part of a year long ethnographic investigation of a shelter for homeless women. The children who also live at this facility are accompanied by their mothers and other siblings and acclimate quickly to the shelter environment. However, the loss of cherished possessions due to their homeless condition as well as the inherent instability and uncertainty in their living arrangement lead these children to seek to restore a sense of self through friendships and fantasies. Social policy implications for improving their lives are briefly described.