Resilience and Stereotyping: The Experiences of Native American Elders

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 389-396

  Grandbois, Donna M ^a   Sanders, Gregory F ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; Native American elders; resilience; stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866747755     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659612451614     Document Type: Article

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