Homeless Girls: A Sociocultural Group Analysis

Homeless girls are a sociocultural group that includes those who have abandoned their home and those at risk of homelessness. They have to cope with hazardous situations that negatively impact their well-being because they grow up in dysfunctional family environments, in communities immersed in social problems, and in precarious economic areas, leading to few or null opportunities of obtaining a better quality of life (Castaños, 2014). Also, they suffer from sexual and labor exploitation, abuse, and discrimination at a higher rate than the rest of the population (Misganaw & Worku, 2013). As such, they have a low self-concept and self-esteem, they lack self-efficacy and emotion regulation skills, and they exhibit internalizing and externalizing