How the length of time spent on the streets impacts adjustment to homelessness

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32725/kont.2020.014" target="_blank" >10.32725/kont.2020.014</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

How the length of time spent on the streets impacts adjustment to homelessness

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Background: The length of time spent on the street influences the degree of adjustment to homelessness. Over the years spent sleeping rough, homeless people gradually lose the ability to control their lives and their return to mainstream society becomes less and less likely. Goal: The aim of the study was to discover whether and how men who have been sleeping rough for more than ten years differ from those who have been homeless for four years or less. Methods: The research was based on a narrative analysis of in-depth interviews focused on the respondent&apos;s entire life story, i.e. their childhood, adolescence, and the period of adulthood preceding homelessness. The group under examination comprised 51 homeless men aged 37-54. Results: Men who have been sleeping rough for more than ten years grew up in a problematic family or in an institution and acquired only a rudimentary education. From the start they had problems at work. They tend to have high-risk personality traits and often a personality disorder. Early in life they had problems with alcohol or drugs. They are reckless - even when it comes to the law - and often commit crime. Conclusions: The length of time a person has been homeless for is an important factor in relation to social prevention. It is clear that the longer a person is homeless, the worse their chances of being reintegrated into mainstream society.

Název v anglickém jazyce

How the length of time spent on the streets impacts adjustment to homelessness

Popis výsledku anglicky

Background: The length of time spent on the street influences the degree of adjustment to homelessness. Over the years spent sleeping rough, homeless people gradually lose the ability to control their lives and their return to mainstream society becomes less and less likely. Goal: The aim of the study was to discover whether and how men who have been sleeping rough for more than ten years differ from those who have been homeless for four years or less. Methods: The research was based on a narrative analysis of in-depth interviews focused on the respondent&apos;s entire life story, i.e. their childhood, adolescence, and the period of adulthood preceding homelessness. The group under examination comprised 51 homeless men aged 37-54. Results: Men who have been sleeping rough for more than ten years grew up in a problematic family or in an institution and acquired only a rudimentary education. From the start they had problems at work. They tend to have high-risk personality traits and often a personality disorder. Early in life they had problems with alcohol or drugs. They are reckless - even when it comes to the law - and often commit crime. Conclusions: The length of time a person has been homeless for is an important factor in relation to social prevention. It is clear that the longer a person is homeless, the worse their chances of being reintegrated into mainstream society.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Kontakt

ISSN

1212-4117

e-ISSN

1804-7122

Svazek periodika

22

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

120-127

Kód UT WoS článku

000848883900008

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85106543955