Correlates of psychological functioning of homeless youth in Accra, Ghana: a cross-sectional study
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Auteurs : Kwaku Oppong Asante [Afrique du Sud, Ghana] ; Anna Meyer-Weitz [Afrique du Sud] ; Inge Petersen [Afrique du Sud]Source :
- International Journal of Mental Health Systems [ 1752-4458 ] ; 2015.
Abstract
Research on homeless youth has shown that this population is at high risk for various mental health problems. Previous studies conducted among homeless young adults in Ghana have focused primarily on economic, social and cultural causes of homelessness, their engagement in risky sexual behaviours and the prevalence of STI including HIV/AIDS. We are therefore not fully informed of the prevalence of psychological symptoms and their associated factors. The aim of the study was to determine the association between psychological functioning and social and health risk behaviours among a sample of homeless youth in Ghana.
A cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample of 227 (122 male and 105 female) homeless youth was conducted in Ghana in 2013. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data due to low level of literacy among the study population. Pearson-moment correlation coefficient (
Approximately 87% of the participants in this study exhibited moderate to severe psychosocial symptoms. Specifically, emotional, conduct, hyperactivity and peer relationship problems among the participants were 69%, 74%, 54% and 89% respectively. Overall psychosocial functioning was predicted by stigma (self-stigma and experienced stigma), violent behaviours and suicidal ideation. Substance use and perceived resilience were significantly associated with emotional problems.
There is a need for holistic interventions to help improve the psychological and social functioning of homeless youth. Such programmes should strengthen socio-emotional coping strategies in street youth as well as address contextual risk factors such as stigma and discrimination by the public.
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last="Meyer-Weitz">Anna Meyer-Weitz</name><affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="Aff1">Discipline of Psychology, School of Applied Human Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, Durban, 4041 South Africa</nlm:aff><country xml:lang="fr">Afrique du Sud</country><wicri:regionArea>Discipline of Psychology, School of Applied Human Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, Durban</wicri:regionArea></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Petersen, Inge" sort="Petersen, Inge" uniqKey="Petersen I" first="Inge" last="Petersen">Inge Petersen</name><affiliation wicri:level="1"><nlm:aff id="Aff1">Discipline of Psychology, School of Applied Human Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, Durban, 4041 South Africa</nlm:aff><country xml:lang="fr">Afrique du Sud</country><wicri:regionArea>Discipline of Psychology, School of Applied Human Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, Durban</wicri:regionArea></affiliation></author></analytic><series><title level="j">International Journal of Mental Health Systems</title><idno type="eISSN">1752-4458</idno><imprint><date when="2015">2015</date></imprint></series></biblStruct></sourceDesc></fileDesc><profileDesc><textClass></textClass></profileDesc></teiHeader><front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Background</title><p>Research on homeless youth has shown that this population is at high risk for various mental health problems. Previous studies conducted among homeless young adults in Ghana have focused primarily on economic, social and cultural causes of homelessness, their engagement in risky sexual behaviours and the prevalence of STI including HIV/AIDS. We are therefore not fully informed of the prevalence of psychological symptoms and their associated factors. The aim of the study was to determine the association between psychological functioning and social and health risk behaviours among a sample of homeless youth in Ghana.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>A cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample of 227 (122 male and 105 female) homeless youth was conducted in Ghana in 2013. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data due to low level of literacy among the study population. Pearson-moment correlation coefficient (<italic>r</italic>) and multiple standard regression models were fitted to analyse the data.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Approximately 87% of the participants in this study exhibited moderate to severe psychosocial symptoms. Specifically, emotional, conduct, hyperactivity and peer relationship problems among the participants were 69%, 74%, 54% and 89% respectively. Overall psychosocial functioning was predicted by stigma (self-stigma and experienced stigma), violent behaviours and suicidal ideation. Substance use and perceived resilience were significantly associated with emotional problems.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>There is a need for holistic interventions to help improve the psychological and social functioning of homeless youth. 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Int J Ment Health Syst</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Int J Ment Health Syst</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Mental Health Systems</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">1752-4458</issn><publisher><publisher-name>BioMed Central</publisher-name><publisher-loc>London</publisher-loc></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">25587353</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">4292989</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">214</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1186/1752-4458-9-1</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Correlates of psychological functioning of homeless youth in Accra, Ghana: a cross-sectional study</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name><surname>Oppong Asante</surname><given-names>Kwaku</given-names></name><address><email>kwappong@gmail.com</email></address><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff1"></xref><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff2"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Meyer-Weitz</surname><given-names>Anna</given-names></name><address><email>meyerweitza@ukzn.ac.za</email></address><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff1"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Petersen</surname><given-names>Inge</given-names></name><address><email>PETERSENI@ukzn.ac.za</email></address><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff1"></xref></contrib><aff id="Aff1"><label></label>Discipline of Psychology, School of Applied Human Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, Durban, 4041 South Africa</aff><aff id="Aff2"><label></label>Department of Psychology, Regent University College of Science & Technology, Accra, Ghana</aff></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>3</day><month>1</month><year>2015</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="pmc-release"><day>3</day><month>1</month><year>2015</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2015</year></pub-date><volume>9</volume><elocation-id>1</elocation-id><history><date date-type="received"><day>25</day><month>7</month><year>2014</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>17</day><month>12</month><year>2014</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>© Oppong Asante et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015</copyright-statement><license license-type="open-access"><license-p>This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ext-link>), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/</ext-link>) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract id="Abs1"><sec><title>Background</title><p>Research on homeless youth has shown that this population is at high risk for various mental health problems. Previous studies conducted among homeless young adults in Ghana have focused primarily on economic, social and cultural causes of homelessness, their engagement in risky sexual behaviours and the prevalence of STI including HIV/AIDS. We are therefore not fully informed of the prevalence of psychological symptoms and their associated factors. The aim of the study was to determine the association between psychological functioning and social and health risk behaviours among a sample of homeless youth in Ghana.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>A cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample of 227 (122 male and 105 female) homeless youth was conducted in Ghana in 2013. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data due to low level of literacy among the study population. Pearson-moment correlation coefficient (<italic>r</italic>) and multiple standard regression models were fitted to analyse the data.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Approximately 87% of the participants in this study exhibited moderate to severe psychosocial symptoms. Specifically, emotional, conduct, hyperactivity and peer relationship problems among the participants were 69%, 74%, 54% and 89% respectively. Overall psychosocial functioning was predicted by stigma (self-stigma and experienced stigma), violent behaviours and suicidal ideation. Substance use and perceived resilience were significantly associated with emotional problems.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>There is a need for holistic interventions to help improve the psychological and social functioning of homeless youth. Such programmes should strengthen socio-emotional coping strategies in street youth as well as address contextual risk factors such as stigma and discrimination by the public.</p></sec></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><title>Keywords</title><kwd>Homeless youth</kwd><kwd>Mental health</kwd><kwd>Psychological functioning</kwd><kwd>Resilience</kwd><kwd>Substance use</kwd><kwd>Violent behaviours</kwd></kwd-group><custom-meta-group><custom-meta><meta-name>issue-copyright-statement</meta-name><meta-value>© The Author(s) 2015</meta-value></custom-meta></custom-meta-group></article-meta></front></pmc></record>Pour manipuler ce document sous Unix (Dilib)
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