Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
Psychology
Date of Award
5-2019
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Andrea D. Clements
Committee Members
Diana Morelen, Jon B. Ellis
Abstract
Childhood adversity is associated with numerous negative outcomes across multiple domains, including mental and physical health, interrelationships, and social functioning. Notably, research suggests that childhood adversity has a dose-response relationship with these outcomes; that is, greater numbers of adverse experiences in childhood are associated with worse outcomes. These outcomes overlap with many risk factors of homelessness. This study sought to address two questions: 1) Does a dose-response relationship exist between childhood adversity and chronic homelessness? 2) Does childhood adversity negatively predict the age at which homelessness first occurs? Adults experiencing homeless who are accessing homeless services in the Tri-Cities area of Northeast Tennessee responded to a brief instrument that includes measures of homeless chronicity, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and age of onset of homelessness. Although relationships between ACEs and homeless chronicity was not observed, a relationship did emerge between number of ACEs and number of episodes and number of ACEs and age at initial onset of homelessness.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Tucciarone, Joseph T. Jr., "Adverse Childhood Experiences, Homeless Chronicity, and Age at Onset of Homelessness" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3534. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3534
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.
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