Assessment of Awareness of Connectedness as a Culturally-Based Protective Factor for Alaska Native Youth

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 444-455

  Mohatt, Nathaniel V ^a   Fok, Carlotta Ching Ting ^b   Burket, Rebekah ^b   Henry, David ^c   Allen, James ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Native youth; American Indian youth; Assessment; Indigenous psychology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONNECTEDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WELFARE;

ADOLESCENT; ALASKA; AWARENESS; CHILD; CULTURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 82455166843     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025456     Document Type: Article

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