Traditional living and cultural ways as protective factors against suicide: Perceptions of Alaska Native university students

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  DeCou, Christopher R ^a   Skewes, Monica C ^b   López, Ellen D S ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Native; Cultural ways; Interviews; Protective factors; Qualitative; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL WAYS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE; RURAL POPULATION; STUDENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ALASKA NATIVE; CULTURAL WAYS; INTERVIEWS; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; QUALITATIVE; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALASKA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RURAL POPULATION; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881308427     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.20968     Document Type: Article

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