ArticleJournal of child sexual abuse2017
Gender Differences in the Path From Sexual Victimization to HIV Risk Behavior Among Homeless Youth.
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- The global prevalence of mental health disorders among runaway and homeless youth: A meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- The Global Prevalence of Non-suicidal Self-injury, Suicide Behaviors, and Associated Risk Factors Among Runaway and Homeless Youth: A Meta-analysis.Community mental health journal · 2024Pooled it
- A randomized controlled trial of a brief motivational interviewing-based group intervention for emerging adults experiencing homelessness: 12-Month effects on substance use and sexual risk behavior.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Trial
- Examination of Behavioral, Social, and Environmental Contextual Influences on Sexually Transmitted Infections in At Risk, Urban, Adolescents, and Young Adults.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2018Trial
- Age, sex, and ethnic differences in substance use and/or substance use disorders among runaway and homeless youth: A meta-analysis and meta-regression.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Review
- Perceptions from emerging adults with a history of homelessness on their experiences with housing, health and other support services.Children and youth services review · 2024Article
- Understanding effects of the group process on drinking outcomes for emerging adults experiencing homelessness.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2024Article
- The association between housing stability and perceived quality of life among emerging adults with a history of homelessness.Health & social care in the community · 2023Article
- Women sleeping rough: The health, social and economic costs of homelessness.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
- Instrument validity: HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in homeless people.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2022Article
- Understanding Wait Times in Rapid Re-Housing Among Homeless Youth: A Competing Risk Survival Analysis.The journal of primary prevention · 2019Article
- Social and psychological resources among homeless youth: protection against risk for physical victimization?Journal of social distress and the homeless · 2019Article
- Child Abuse, Mental Health and Sleeping Arrangements among Homeless Youth: Links to Physical and Sexual Street Victimization.Children and youth services review · 2018Article
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Abstract
Experiencing sexual victimization prior to becoming homeless is common among homeless youth and is associated with increased HIV risk behavior. This study examined mediating variables that underlie this association, adding to the understanding of gender differences in these paths. Participants were homeless youth in Los Angeles recruited through service access centers who completed a computerized self-administered interview in English or Spanish using an iPad. Findings indicate a high presence of sexual victimization across both genders. Female participants experienced posttraumatic stress disorder and subsequent engagement with exchange sex, whereas male participants were primarily involved in substance use risk pathways. Results indicate paths in the association between sexual victimization and HIV risk behavior differ between male and female homeless youth. Gender-specific, mental-health-informed interventions targeting sexual risk reduction are warranted.
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