Looking across three generations of Alaska Natives to explore how culture fosters indigenous resilience

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-92

  Wexler, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; American Indian Alaska Native; culture; intergenerational; resilience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FIGHTING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INTERVIEW; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; STRENGTH; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALASKA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893069935     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461513497417     Document Type: Article

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