John C Buckner
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1321611 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | John C Buckner |
| NOMBRES | John C |
| APELLIDO | Buckner |
| FIRMA | BUCKNER J C |
| AFILIACIONES | Harvard University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 360 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1988 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2012 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Education Research on Homeless and Housed Children Living in Poverty
This commentary on articles by Masten, Fantuzzo, Herbers, and Voight (and their colleagues) summarizes the findings of each study and discusses their respective contributions. The author of this comment relates his own experiences in conducting similar research with homeless and other low-income youths and reports lessons he has learned that can be relevant to these investigations. Future research in this area, whether in the educational sphere o…
Self-regulation and its relations to adaptive functioning in low income youths
Most studies of self-regulation involving children have linked it to specific outcomes within a single domain of adaptive functioning. The authors examined the association of self-regulation with a range of indices of adaptive functioning among 155 youth ages 8-18 years from families with very low income. Controlling for other explanatory variables, self-regulation was strongly associated with various outcome measures in the areas of mental healt…
Adaptation in Homeless Children
Using a person-centered analytical approach, this article examines data from the Worcester Family Research Project to determine whether homeless children (53 preschoolers and 69 school-age children) can be classified into subgroups based on measures of behavior problems, adaptive functioning, and achievement. Cluster analyses revealed two clusters: higher functioning children (doing well across all three domains, n = 57) and lower functioning chi…
Understanding the Impact of Homelessness on Children
Focusing on the central aim of many published studies involving homeless children in the United States, this article summarizes findings on the effects of homelessness on children's mental health, health, developmental status, and academic achievement. Researchers have repeatedly documented that poverty is associated with higher rates of problems among both homeless and low-income housed groups of children in comparison to children in the broader…
A Comparison of the Health and Mental Health Status of Homeless Mothers in Worcester, Mass
Objectives. We assessed background characteristics, health status, and prevalence rates of mental health disorders in 2 studies of homeless mothers conducted in Worcester, Mass, one in 1993 and the other in 2003. Methods. We compared the women taking part in the 2 studies, which involved similar methodologies, on the key variables of interest over time. Results. Homeless families taking part in the 2003 study were poorer than those taking part in…
Exposure to violence and low-income children's mental health
The authors examined the association between exposure to violence and different indexes of mental health among 95 extremely poor children (age range = 8-17 years) and analyzed potential moderators and mediators. Findings indicated that 62% of youths had been exposed to at least 1 form of violence. Controlling for other explanatory factors, exposure to violence was significantly associated with internalizing symptoms (e.g., depression, anxiety) ac…
Homelessness and its relation to the mental health and behavior of low-income school-age children
This study examined the relationship between housing status and depression, anxiety, and problem behaviors among children age 6 and older who were members of low-income, single-parent, female-headed families. Participants were 80 homeless and 148 never homeless children living in Worcester, Massachusetts. Children in both groups had recently been exposed to various severe stressors. Mother-reported problem behaviors were above normative levels fo…
Prevalence of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Homeless and Low-Income Housed Mothers
OBJECTIVE: This study compared the prevalence of DSM-III-R disorders among homeless and low-income housed mothers with the prevalence of these disorders among all women in the National Comorbidity Survey. METHOD: The authors used an unmatched case-control design for assessing 220 homeless and 216 housed mothers receiving public assistance. RESULTS: Homeless and housed mothers had similar rates of psychiatric and substance use disorders. Both grou…
The developmental status and adaptive behavior of homeless and low-income housed infants and toddlers
OBJECTIVES: This study describes the development status of 127 homeless and 91 low-income housed infants and toddlers. METHODS: The Bayley Scales of Infant Development and the Vineland Screener were used to gather data. RESULTS: There were no differences between homeless and low-income housed children. However, younger children in both groups performed better than the older children on most summary scores. CONCLUSIONS: Homeless and low-income hou…
Prevention science research with children, adolescents, and families
Peer Reviewed
Homelessness in female-headed families
OBJECTIVES: To identify risk and protective factors for family homelessness, a case-control study of homeless and low-income, never-homeless families, all female-headed, was conducted. METHODS: Homeless mothers (n = 220) were enrolled from family shelters in Worcester, Mass. Low-income housed mothers receiving welfare (n = 216) formed the comparison group. The women completed an interview covering socioeconomic, social support, victimization, men…
Fathers of children on welfare
Although it is generally assumed that fathers are absent from the lives of children being raised on AFDC, evidence from a case-control study in Worcester, Massachusetts, suggests that there is considerable father-child contact. In addition, multivariate modeling indicates that contact with fathers had a modest beneficial effect on children's behavior. Based on these study findings, negative traits of fathers (e.g., substance abuse, physical viole…
Work and welfare
The work histories of 436 sheltered homeless and low-income women were analyzed to develop a predictive model of factors that facilitate employment possibilities for some low-income women and deter others from obtaining work. Findings suggest the need for programs of education, early intervention, and job training. However, the availability of adequate jobs and affordable child care are prerequisites for poor, single mothers to become self-suppor…
Troubling Families
Homeless families
Numerous programs have been developed nationwide to address the needs of homeless families but many of their policies and practices raise serious questions about the adequacy of the nation's response. Significant problems in the current service delivery system are examined and recommendations are offered for a comprehensive program response that emphasizes service-enriched housing, specialized approaches to meet the needs of homeless mothers, and…
Mental health issues affecting homeless women
A review of the relevant literature is followed by an exploration of the complex relationship, especially for women, between homelessness and mental health. Various mental health and gender-related concerns that have implications for the design of interventions for homeless women are explored
Out of mind--out of sight
A decade of research and services for homeless mentally ill persons
Risk factors for depressive symptomatology in a drug using population
This study employs a prospective design to examine possible personality, drug use, stressful life event, and social support-related variables associated with the onset of a depressive episode in a cohort of psychoactive drug using young adults. Two waves of data, collected one year apart, were available on 942 individuals. Cases (n = 62) were free of depressive symptoms at time 1 but reported significant symptomatology at time 2 as measured by th…
The Journal of Primary Prevention Cumulative index project, 1980?1989
The development of an instrument to measure neighborhood cohesion
The development of an instrument to measure neighborhood cohesion
Homelessness in female-headed families
OBJECTIVES: To identify risk and protective factors for family homelessness, a case-control study of homeless and low-income, never-homeless families, all female-headed, was conducted. METHODS: Homeless mothers (n = 220) were enrolled from family shelters in Worcester, Mass. Low-income housed mothers receiving welfare (n = 216) formed the comparison group. The women completed an interview covering socioeconomic, social support, victimization, men…
Homelessness and its relation to the mental health and behavior of low-income school-age children
This study examined the relationship between housing status and depression, anxiety, and problem behaviors among children age 6 and older who were members of low-income, single-parent, female-headed families. Participants were 80 homeless and 148 never homeless children living in Worcester, Massachusetts. Children in both groups had recently been exposed to various severe stressors. Mother-reported problem behaviors were above normative levels fo…
Understanding the Impact of Homelessness on Children
Focusing on the central aim of many published studies involving homeless children in the United States, this article summarizes findings on the effects of homelessness on children's mental health, health, developmental status, and academic achievement. Researchers have repeatedly documented that poverty is associated with higher rates of problems among both homeless and low-income housed groups of children in comparison to children in the broader…
A Comparison of the Health and Mental Health Status of Homeless Mothers in Worcester, Mass
Objectives. We assessed background characteristics, health status, and prevalence rates of mental health disorders in 2 studies of homeless mothers conducted in Worcester, Mass, one in 1993 and the other in 2003. Methods. We compared the women taking part in the 2 studies, which involved similar methodologies, on the key variables of interest over time. Results. Homeless families taking part in the 2003 study were poorer than those taking part in…
A decade of research and services for homeless mentally ill persons
Adaptation in Homeless Children
Using a person-centered analytical approach, this article examines data from the Worcester Family Research Project to determine whether homeless children (53 preschoolers and 69 school-age children) can be classified into subgroups based on measures of behavior problems, adaptive functioning, and achievement. Cluster analyses revealed two clusters: higher functioning children (doing well across all three domains, n = 57) and lower functioning chi…
The developmental status and adaptive behavior of homeless and low-income housed infants and toddlers
OBJECTIVES: This study describes the development status of 127 homeless and 91 low-income housed infants and toddlers. METHODS: The Bayley Scales of Infant Development and the Vineland Screener were used to gather data. RESULTS: There were no differences between homeless and low-income housed children. However, younger children in both groups performed better than the older children on most summary scores. CONCLUSIONS: Homeless and low-income hou…
Education Research on Homeless and Housed Children Living in Poverty
This commentary on articles by Masten, Fantuzzo, Herbers, and Voight (and their colleagues) summarizes the findings of each study and discusses their respective contributions. The author of this comment relates his own experiences in conducting similar research with homeless and other low-income youths and reports lessons he has learned that can be relevant to these investigations. Future research in this area, whether in the educational sphere o…
Risk factors for depressive symptomatology in a drug using population
This study employs a prospective design to examine possible personality, drug use, stressful life event, and social support-related variables associated with the onset of a depressive episode in a cohort of psychoactive drug using young adults. Two waves of data, collected one year apart, were available on 942 individuals. Cases (n = 62) were free of depressive symptoms at time 1 but reported significant symptomatology at time 2 as measured by th…
The development of an instrument to measure neighborhood cohesion
The Journal of Primary Prevention Cumulative index project, 1980?1989
Risk factors for depressive symptomatology in a drug using population
This study employs a prospective design to examine possible personality, drug use, stressful life event, and social support-related variables associated with the onset of a depressive episode in a cohort of psychoactive drug using young adults. Two waves of data, collected one year apart, were available on 942 individuals. Cases (n = 62) were free of depressive symptoms at time 1 but reported significant symptomatology at time 2 as measured by th…
A decade of research and services for homeless mentally ill persons
Out of mind--out of sight
Homeless families
Numerous programs have been developed nationwide to address the needs of homeless families but many of their policies and practices raise serious questions about the adequacy of the nation's response. Significant problems in the current service delivery system are examined and recommendations are offered for a comprehensive program response that emphasizes service-enriched housing, specialized approaches to meet the needs of homeless mothers, and…
Mental health issues affecting homeless women
A review of the relevant literature is followed by an exploration of the complex relationship, especially for women, between homelessness and mental health. Various mental health and gender-related concerns that have implications for the design of interventions for homeless women are explored
Troubling Families
Fathers of children on welfare
Although it is generally assumed that fathers are absent from the lives of children being raised on AFDC, evidence from a case-control study in Worcester, Massachusetts, suggests that there is considerable father-child contact. In addition, multivariate modeling indicates that contact with fathers had a modest beneficial effect on children's behavior. Based on these study findings, negative traits of fathers (e.g., substance abuse, physical viole…
Work and welfare
The work histories of 436 sheltered homeless and low-income women were analyzed to develop a predictive model of factors that facilitate employment possibilities for some low-income women and deter others from obtaining work. Findings suggest the need for programs of education, early intervention, and job training. However, the availability of adequate jobs and affordable child care are prerequisites for poor, single mothers to become self-suppor…
Homelessness in female-headed families
OBJECTIVES: To identify risk and protective factors for family homelessness, a case-control study of homeless and low-income, never-homeless families, all female-headed, was conducted. METHODS: Homeless mothers (n = 220) were enrolled from family shelters in Worcester, Mass. Low-income housed mothers receiving welfare (n = 216) formed the comparison group. The women completed an interview covering socioeconomic, social support, victimization, men…
Prevalence of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Homeless and Low-Income Housed Mothers
OBJECTIVE: This study compared the prevalence of DSM-III-R disorders among homeless and low-income housed mothers with the prevalence of these disorders among all women in the National Comorbidity Survey. METHOD: The authors used an unmatched case-control design for assessing 220 homeless and 216 housed mothers receiving public assistance. RESULTS: Homeless and housed mothers had similar rates of psychiatric and substance use disorders. Both grou…
The developmental status and adaptive behavior of homeless and low-income housed infants and toddlers
OBJECTIVES: This study describes the development status of 127 homeless and 91 low-income housed infants and toddlers. METHODS: The Bayley Scales of Infant Development and the Vineland Screener were used to gather data. RESULTS: There were no differences between homeless and low-income housed children. However, younger children in both groups performed better than the older children on most summary scores. CONCLUSIONS: Homeless and low-income hou…
Prevention science research with children, adolescents, and families
Peer Reviewed
Homelessness and its relation to the mental health and behavior of low-income school-age children
This study examined the relationship between housing status and depression, anxiety, and problem behaviors among children age 6 and older who were members of low-income, single-parent, female-headed families. Participants were 80 homeless and 148 never homeless children living in Worcester, Massachusetts. Children in both groups had recently been exposed to various severe stressors. Mother-reported problem behaviors were above normative levels fo…
Exposure to violence and low-income children's mental health
The authors examined the association between exposure to violence and different indexes of mental health among 95 extremely poor children (age range = 8-17 years) and analyzed potential moderators and mediators. Findings indicated that 62% of youths had been exposed to at least 1 form of violence. Controlling for other explanatory factors, exposure to violence was significantly associated with internalizing symptoms (e.g., depression, anxiety) ac…
A Comparison of the Health and Mental Health Status of Homeless Mothers in Worcester, Mass
Objectives. We assessed background characteristics, health status, and prevalence rates of mental health disorders in 2 studies of homeless mothers conducted in Worcester, Mass, one in 1993 and the other in 2003. Methods. We compared the women taking part in the 2 studies, which involved similar methodologies, on the key variables of interest over time. Results. Homeless families taking part in the 2003 study were poorer than those taking part in…
Adaptation in Homeless Children
Using a person-centered analytical approach, this article examines data from the Worcester Family Research Project to determine whether homeless children (53 preschoolers and 69 school-age children) can be classified into subgroups based on measures of behavior problems, adaptive functioning, and achievement. Cluster analyses revealed two clusters: higher functioning children (doing well across all three domains, n = 57) and lower functioning chi…
Understanding the Impact of Homelessness on Children
Focusing on the central aim of many published studies involving homeless children in the United States, this article summarizes findings on the effects of homelessness on children's mental health, health, developmental status, and academic achievement. Researchers have repeatedly documented that poverty is associated with higher rates of problems among both homeless and low-income housed groups of children in comparison to children in the broader…
Self-regulation and its relations to adaptive functioning in low income youths
Most studies of self-regulation involving children have linked it to specific outcomes within a single domain of adaptive functioning. The authors examined the association of self-regulation with a range of indices of adaptive functioning among 155 youth ages 8-18 years from families with very low income. Controlling for other explanatory variables, self-regulation was strongly associated with various outcome measures in the areas of mental healt…
Education Research on Homeless and Housed Children Living in Poverty
This commentary on articles by Masten, Fantuzzo, Herbers, and Voight (and their colleagues) summarizes the findings of each study and discusses their respective contributions. The author of this comment relates his own experiences in conducting similar research with homeless and other low-income youths and reports lessons he has learned that can be relevant to these investigations. Future research in this area, whether in the educational sphere o…
Psychology (20 obras) · Homelessness and Social Issues (15 obras) · Medicine (13 obras) · Psychiatry (12 obras) · Environmental health (10 obras) · Mental health (10 obras) · Developmental psychology (8 obras) · Clinical Psychology (7 obras) · Population (7 obras) · Gerontology (6 obras)