Rethinking Historical Trauma: NarrativeS of Resilience

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-414

  Denham, Aaron R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian identity; historical trauma; intergenerational trauma; resilience; trauma narratives

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NARRATIVE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RECALL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDAHO; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NARRATION; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 52349103845     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461508094673     Document Type: Article

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