Sanna Thompson

Biographic Data

ID5509205
NAMESanna Thompson
GIVEN NAMESSanna
FAMILY NAMEThompson
SIGNATURETHOMPSON S
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Texas at Austin
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS34
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX3

  • Stress on the streets

    Lynn Rew, Timothy Powell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Distress and…2016

    Background: Homeless and street-dependent youths experience myriad stressors, but to date there has been no published measure of this phenomenon.Objective: This study was designed to describe the process of developing and testing a measure of stress experienced on the streets suitable for use with this population.Methods: Classical measurement theory was used to develop and evaluate relevance and validity of items in the scale.Results: The total …

  • Experiences and needs of homeless youth with a history of foster care

    Open AccessKimberly Bender, Jessica Yang et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2015Cited by: 13References: 37

  • Risk Detection and Self‐Protection Among Homeless Youth

    Open AccessKimberly Bender, Sanna J Thompson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2014Cited by: 7References: 5

    Utilizing qualitative interviews with a large sample of 145 homeless youth seeking services at homeless youth service agencies from across three U.S. cities (Los Angeles, Denver, and Austin), this study sought to explore youths' perspectives on ways in which they detect risk and protect themselves on the streets. Results indicated that youth use a combination of internal cues (affective responses) and external cues (reading people) to detect dang…

  • Correlates of street‐survival behaviors in homeless young adults in four U.S. Cities

    Kristin M Ferguson, Kimberly Bender et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2011References: 42

    This study assessed the prevalence and correlates of behaviors used by homeless young people to survive on the streets. Survival behaviors include prostitution, selling blood or plasma, dealing drugs, stealing, and panhandling. One hundred ninety-six homeless young adults from 4 metropolitan areas-Los Angeles, CA (n = 50); Austin, TX (n = 50); Denver, CO (n = 50); and St. Louis, MO (n = 46)-participated in individual, semistructured, face-to-face…

  • A Comparison of Addiction and Transience among Street Youth

    Open AccessKristin M Ferguson, Jina Jun et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2009Cited by: 13References: 54

  • The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) on Depression

    Open AccessSzu‐Yu Chen, Szu-Yu Chen et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2006Cited by: 1References: 3

    Objective: Many studies have confirmed the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as a treatment for depression. However, the mechanism of CBT for depression reduction is still not well understood. This study explored the mechanism of CBT from the perspective of individuals’ problem-solving appraisal. Method: A one-group pretestposttest design was used. Results were based on the responses of 30 depressed individuals in an intensive outpat…