American Indian Youth: Personal,Familial, and Environmental Strengths |
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| Authors: | Arlene Rubin Stiffman Eddie Brown Stacey Freedenthal Laura House Emily Ostmann Man Soo Yu |
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| Institution: | (1) George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Comorbidity and Addictions Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA;(2) American Indian Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA;(3) University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA;(4) Public Health Advisor/Evaluator, SAMSHA, Division of Service Improvement, Bethesda, MD, USA |
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| Abstract: | We present data from interviews with 401 youths on the relationship of personal, familial, and environmental strengths to
the outcomes of urban and reservation American Indian youths. Urban youths consistently nominated more strengths than tribal
youths, except in the area of tribal strengths. Quantitative data show how those strengths relate to their school success,
daily functioning, mental health, and ethnic identity. Personal and familial strengths are related to positive school success
and functioning. Environmental strengths demonstrate complex relationships in which tribal strengths are related to increased
mental health problems and school strengths are related to fewer problems. The results of our study speak to the need to include
multiple categories of different strengths in research and to focus on strengths as well as problems in clinical interventions. |
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| Keywords: | American Indian Mental health Strengths Youth |
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