The relationship between internalizing and externalizing symptoms and cultural resilience factors in indigenous Sami youth from arctic Norway

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-45

  Bals, Margrethe ^a,b   Turi, Anne Lene ^a,b   Skre, Ingunn ^a   Kvernmo, Siv ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Enculturation; Indigenous sami; Mental health; Resilience; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952268970     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v70i1.17790     Document Type: Article

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