TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Ecological influences in youth crisis shelters: Effects of social density and length of stay on youth problem behaviors
JO  - Journal of child and family studies
A1  - Teare, John
A1  - Smith, Gail
A1  - Osgood, D.
A1  - Peterson, Roger
A1  - Authier, Karen
A1  - Daly, Daniel
SP  - 89
EP  - 101
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
N2  - For 472 consecutive days we monitored the number of youths residing in a crisis shelter for adolescents, the average length of stay for the youths residing in the shelter on each day, and the number of problem behaviors occurring within the shelter on a daily basis. We analyzed these data using a combination of time series and logistic regression techniques to fit a model that would predict the occurrence of a problem behavior on any given day. After controlling for significant time trends in the data, our results indicate that both the number of youths in the shelter and the proportion of youths who have resided in the shelter longer than 14 days are significantly associated with a problem behavior occurring on any given day. The number of youths in the shelter and the probability of a problem behavior occurring correlated significantly. However, as the proportion of youths who resided in the shelter longer than 14 days increased, the probability of a problem behavior occurring decreased.<p /> 
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SN  - 1062-1024
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02233956
ID  - ref1
ER  -