Understanding the Impact of Homelessness on Children
Challenges and Future Research Directions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3757100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John C Buckner (Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 721-736 |
| Publication date | 2008-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764207311984 |
| OpenAlex | W2068591293 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 63 |
| References cited | 27 |
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 population. Although the majority of studies have found homeless children to evidence greater problems than low-income housed children, results are inconsistent. Factors that may account for these discrepant findings are discussed, and recommendations for additional research are offered
Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Low income · Mental health · Political science · Population · Poverty · Psychiatry · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Gerontology
Rural Poverty and Social Stigma
Living and Learning at the Intersection
International Homelessness
School climate, family structure, and academic achievement
Academic Achievement Trajectories of Homeless and Highly Mobile Students
Adolescent Connectedness with Parents Promotes Resilience among Homeless Youth
Housing Hardship and Child Behavior Problems from Early Childhood to Adolescence
Adverse childhood experiences, mothers and homelessness
Special education services for students with disabilities experiencing houselessness
Homelessness and Student Outcomes by Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and School Level
Interrupting the Weaponization of Trauma-Informed Practice
An Evaluation of a Social Skills Application for Children Who Are Homeless
Validation of a McKinney-Vento Act Implementation Scale
Brokering educational opportunity for homeless students and their families
Childhood homelessness and adult employment
High residential mobility and young children's healthy development in low-income families
Our Lives Matter
What Interventions Work Best for Families Who Experience Homelessness? Impact Estimates from the Family Options Study
Predictors of Academic Success in 9- to 11-Year-Old Homeless Children
A Critical Analysis of the Research on Student Homelessness
Parenting and coregulation
Mastery motivation and school readiness among young children experiencing homelessness
Who Counts? Educational Disadvantage among Children Identified as Homeless and Implications for the Systems That Serve Them
No Place Called Home
Experiencing Homelessness
Linking homelessness in secondary school to postsecondary and early labor market outcomes in Maryland using a continuum of risk framework
Culture and context
A population-based inquiry of homeless episode characteristics and early educational well-being
Improving youth mental health through family-based prevention in family homeless shelters
Improving school attendance among homeless children
Homelessness and children's use of mental health services
The unique relations between early homelessness and educational well-being
Timing and influence of early experiences of child maltreatment and homelessness on children's educational well-being
I'm Opening My Arms Rather Than Pushing Away
Homelessness and School Choice
Longitudinal relationships between early-life homelessness and school-aged asthma and wheezing
Inadequate Housing Among Families Under Investigation for Child Abuse and Neglect
Longitudinal Impact of a Family Critical Time Intervention on Children in High‐Risk Families Experiencing Homelessness
Twenty-Five Years of Child and Family Homelessness
Adaptive Behavior of Sheltered Homeless Children in the French Enfams Survey
Life Shocks and Homelessness
Pathways from Food and Housing Insecurity to Adolescent Behavior Problems
Local Liaisons
Hypermobility and Educational Outcomes
School Correlates of Academic Behaviors and Performance Among McKinney–Vento Identified Youth
Homeless Students and Academic Achievement
Executive Function Skills and School Success in Young Children Experiencing Homelessness
Education Research on Homeless and Housed Children Living in Poverty
Who Are the Homeless? Student Mobility and Achievement in Michigan 2010–2013
Timing and Duration of Student Homelessness and Educational Outcomes in Los Angeles
Spaces, Places, and Policies
Foregrounding the “Home” in Student Homelessness
Homeless Children and Their Families’ Perspectives of Agency Services
Housing and Support Services with Homeless Mothers
Examining the impact of parental risk on family functioning among homeless and housed families
Conducting filial therapy with homeless parents
Trajectories of Childhood Housing Insecurity and Links to Emerging Adulthood Depression
Parental Incarceration, Child Homelessness, and the Invisible Consequences of Mass Imprisonment
Large socio-economic, geographic and demographic disparities exist in exposure to school closures
"Are we moving again this week?" Children's experiences of homelessness in Victoria, Australia
Adaptation in Homeless Children
Long-Term Associations of Homelessness With Children's Well-Being
Paternal Incarceration and the Housing Security of Urban Mothers
Academic achievement among formerly homeless adolescents and their continuously housed peers
Children in homeless families
Homelessness
Family Homelessness
Emotional and behavioral problems and severe academic delays among sheltered homeless children in Los Angeles County
Sheltered homeless children
The developmental status and adaptive behavior of homeless and low-income housed infants and toddlers
Health problems of homeless children in New York City
Homelessness and its relation to the mental health and behavior of low-income school-age children
Exposure to violence and low-income children's mental health
Mental health issues affecting homeless women
Homeless children
Ability, achievement, and adjustment in homeless children
The impact of homelessness on children
| Unique citing works | 63 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,32 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 60 |