Sv. Horowitz et al., CONSTRUCTIVE CONFLICT-MANAGEMENT AND COPING IN HOMELESS CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS, Journal of social issues, 50(1), 1994, pp. 85-98
In this largely exploratory study of the conflict management and copin
g behavior of homeless adolescents, the authors interviewed 176 famili
es (mother-adolescent dyads) living in New York City welfare hotels. R
esults indicated that peer conflict was the ''worst'' problem of the p
revious month as reported by approximately 50% of these youth. Homeles
s adolescents demonstrated conflict management and coping patterns tha
t differed in certain respects from adolescent patterns previously des
cribed in the literature. The implications of these differences as wel
l as directions for future research are discussed.