Adaptation to Homelessness: Self-Actualization, Loneliness, and Depression in Street Homeless Men:

作者: John R. Sumerlin

DOI: 10.2466/PR0.1995.77.1.295

关键词: Mental healthLonelinessPsychologyInterpersonal relationshipVarimax rotationPersonality Assessment InventoryMaslow's hierarchy of needsSelf-actualizationSelf-conceptClinical psychology

摘要: Adaptation to homelessness was investigated in a sample of 145 street homeless men using loneliness and depression scales the construct self-actualization. Principal components analysis with varimax rotation matrix correlations measures on history being homeless, demographic data, scores scales, self-actualization gave 3-factor model adjustment: adaptive striving, detachment, resources. Maslow's Sullivan's contention that satisfying interpersonal relationships are common pathways mental health affirmed.

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