Runaway Youth: Precursors and Consequences

离家出走的青年：前兆与后果

• 批准号: 6917094
• 负责人: REBECCA P SANCHEZ
• 金额: $ 7.54万
• 依托单位: PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RES AND EVALUATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-07-05 至 2006-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6917094
• 关键词: academic achievement; adolescence (12-20); alcoholism /alcohol abuse; behavior prediction; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; human data; longitudinal human study; parent offspring interaction; peer group; runaway child

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Runaway youth constitute a population at high risk for alcohol problems (Greene & Ringwalt, 1996). Due to the range and intensity of the challenges they face (Slesnick, Meyers, Meade, & Segelken, 2000), runaways have been called "the most vulnerable group of youth in the United States" (Bronstein, 1996). Despite their risk for adverse outcomes, we know relatively little about the profile of runaways. In 2003, the Bush administration called for a 10-year initiative to end chronic homelessness; an essential component of this initiative is understanding factors such as alcohol use that may lead people to the street. Available information offers a "snapshot" of a subgroup of runaways, but the cross-sectional research designs cannot provide information about behaviors that precede or result from running away. The aims of the proposed study are to apply the Integrated Control-Strain Theory to (1) determine the extent to which adolescent and parent alcohol use predict running away; (2) determine whether youths' relationship with parents mediates the association between alcohol use and adolescent running away; (3) examine the moderating influence of bonds to school and conventional peers on the relationship between parent-child relationship and running away; and (4) determine whether running away in adolescence is a significant, independent predictor of alcohol use and related problems in young adulthood. We will address these aims and contribute knowledge on runaway youth by analyzing data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (AddHealth), a nationally-representative, non-servicebased, longitudinal study of youth. Descriptive and multivariate analysis will be used. Understanding the role of alcohol use in adolescent runaway behavior will enable more effective interventions both for preventing runaway behavior with these youths and for developing targeted alcohol use interventions.

描述（由申请人提供）：离家出走的青少年是酗酒问题的高危人群（Greene & Ringwalt，1996）。由于他们面临的挑战的范围和强度（​​Slesnick、Meyers、Meade 和 Segelken，2000），离家出走者被称为“美国最脆弱的青少年群体”（Bronstein，1996）。 尽管存在产生不良后果的风险，但我们对逃亡者的概况知之甚少。 2003年，布什政府呼吁采取一项为期10年的举措来结束长期无家可归现象；这一举措的一个重要组成部分是了解可能导致人们走上街头的因素，例如饮酒。现有信息提供了逃亡者子群体的“快照”，但横断面研究设计无法提供有关逃亡之前或导致的行为的信息。 拟议研究的目的是应用综合控制应变理论来（1）确定青少年和父母饮酒预测逃跑的程度； （2）确定青少年与父母的关系是否在饮酒与青少年离家出走之间起到中介作用； （3）考察学校和传统同伴的联系对亲子关系与离家出走的关系的调节作用； (4) 确定青春期离家出走是否是成年早期饮酒和相关问题的一个重要的、独立的预测因素。 我们将通过分析国家青少年健康纵向研究 (AddHealth) 的数据来实现这些目标，并贡献有关离家青少年的知识。AddHealth 是一项具有全国代表性、非服务性的青少年纵向研究。将使用描述性和多变量分析。了解酒精在青少年离家出走行为中的作用，将有助于采取更有效的干预措施，以预防这些青少年的离家出走行为，并制定有针对性的酒精使用干预措施。

项目成果

The Association Between Same-Sex Romantic Attractions and Relationships and Running Away Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Adolescents.

同性浪漫吸引力和关系与全国青少年代表性样本中的离家出走之间的关联。

• 发表时间: 2011-12
• 作者: Waller, Martha W;Sanchez, Rebecca P
• 通讯作者: Sanchez, Rebecca P

Who runs? A demographic profile of runaway youth in the United States.

谁跑？

• 发表时间: 2006-11
• 作者: Sanchez, Rebecca Polley;Waller, Martha W;Greene, Jody M
• 通讯作者: Greene, Jody M