In order to achieve this goal, we have initially identified a series of aspects related to behaviour (variables)
frequently encountered in homeless people. For the next step, we aimed to identify the presence or absence of these
characteristics in three homeless people groups, selected according to “age” variable. We also intended to compare
the groups as independent samples in order to identify the relation between age and the rest of the considered
variables. Those specific variables: self-image, emotional state, way of relating to the future, group affiliation,
alcohol consumption, resort to other social services, formulated complaints, motivation for change, tendency
towards dissimulation – were formulated and extracted based on work instruments applied to 90 participants. They
were adult homeless people from Bucharest who had been involved in a psychological assistance program during
2006-2009.