The Role of Stressful Life Events among Women Experiencing Homelessness: An Intragroup Analysis.
The aim of this study is to examine stressful life events (SLEs) among homeless women and how SLEs were related to patterns and trajectories of homelessness. Specifically, the study aimed to replicate and build upon by Muñoz et al. (2005) by using cluster and discriminant analysis in a sample of 116...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Community Psychology Vol. 67; no. 3/4; pp. 380 - 392 |
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