Title:
Examining psychological distress and resilience in homeless Indian youth
Author:
Tanvi Bahuguna
Thesis Advisor:
Jeffrey M. Lating
Committee Member:
Frank D. Golom
Committee Member:
Matthew W. Kirkhart
Committee Member:
Stephen E. Fowl
Committee Member:
Sharon Green-Hennessy
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
2023
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
born digital
Abstract:
This exploratory study assessed psychological distress and resilience in a sample of 67 homeless adolescents (53 males, 14 females) residing in Mumbai, India across three shelters and a day-care center associated with a local NGO, Salaam Baalak Trust. The participants completed a demographic form, a social support questionnaire, the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale-10 (K-10), and the Connor Davidson Resilience Scale-10 (CD-RISC-10). Overall levels of psychological distress and resilience were found to be higher than the normative mean scores on the respective measures, with female respondents reporting higher levels of psychological distress on the K-10 than males. Additionally, levels of resilience were negatively correlated with levels of psychological distress for homeless youth. Findings from regression analyses showed that levels of resilience independently predicted levels of psychological distress, gender independently predicted levels of psychological distress, levels of psychological distress independently predicted levels of resilience, and reduced duration of shelter stay independently predicted higher levels of resilience. These results suggest that boosting resilience within this population would help decrease levels of psychological distress, especially for female adolescents. Additionally, it seems important for Salaam Baalak Trust to consider ways of boosting resilience within shelter residing youth either by reducing overall duration of shelter stay, exploring resilience boosting strategies of the day-care center, or assessing factors that impede resilience of youth residing within shelters. Future research should utilize a larger representative sample, mixed methods analysis (i.e., qualitative and quantitative methods), assess intrinsic, as well as community factors of resilience, and consider other variables that influence psychological distress and resilience.
Subject:
Academic theses
Subject:
Electronic dissertations
Subject:
Thèses et écrits académiques
Subject:
Thèses électroniques
Subject:
dissertations
Degree:
Doctor of Clinical Psychology
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Psychology
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Identifier:
BahugunaT-23
