Browsing by Subject "American Indian"
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Aggressive delinquency among North American Indigenous adolescents: Trajectories and predictors
(Wiley, 2016)Aggressive delinquency is a salient social problem for many North American Indigenous (American Indian, Canadian First Nations) communities, and can have deleterious consequences later in life. Yet there is a paucity of ... -
Assessment of Elder Mistreatment in Two American Indian Samples: Psychometric Characteristics of the HS-EAST and the Native Elder Life–Financial Exploitation and –Neglect Measures
(Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2014-04-01)Although elder mistreatment among ethnic minorities is increasingly gaining attention, our empirical knowledge of this phenomenon among American Indians remains quite limited, especially with respect to measurement. The ... -
BUT GENDER IS A WHITE THING: GENDER AND AMERICAN INDIAN SWEAT LODGE CEREMONIES
(2015-08-14)Little exists in the field of psychology regarding American Indian sweat purification ceremonies, and even less exists in psychological literature on the impact of gender on such ceremonies or gender from this cultural ... -
Collaboration and Mentorship in the Organization of an American Indian Family Collection: A Case Study in Service Learning at the University of Oklahoma
(2022)This case study examines an experiment in archival practice and mentorship undertaken at the University of Oklahoma (OU) during the spring semester of 2019. The project concerned the inventory of an important privately ... -
Conduct disorder and alcohol use disorder trajectories, predictors, and outcomes for Indigenous youth
(Elsevier BV, 2017-02)Objective: The aim of this study was to identify separate and joint trajectories of conduct disorder (CD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) DSM-IV diagnostic symptoms among American Indian and First Nation (Indigenous) youth ... -
Factors associated with Indigenous youths' abstinence from drinking
(Elsevier BV, 2017)The proportion of youth who abstain from alcohol use decreases during adolescence but little attention has focused on factors associated with abstinence. No research has examined this question for Indigenous youth, many ... -
How Indian boarding schools are like neighborhoods
(2022-07)Contemporary Indian boarding schools look a lot different than their previous incarnations. It is clear that traditional and long-standing evaluation criteria for conventional public and private schools does not adequately ... -
Longitudinal mechanisms linking perceived racial discrimination to aggressive delinquency among North American Indigenous youth
(SAGE Publications, 2019-08)Objectives: Drawing from an integrated general strain theory framework, the purpose of the study is to examine the longitudinal mediating and moderating mechanisms linking perceived racial discrimination with aggressive ... -
Longitudinal study of the stress of poor glucose control and diabetes distress
(SAGE Publications, 2021)Poor glucose control can be viewed as a stressor, possibly promulgating diabetes distress. We examined the relationship between perceived blood glucose control and diabetes distress over time using a partially controlled ... -
Mediating role of diabetes distress and depressive symptoms in type 2 diabetes medication adherence gender differences
(SAGE Publications, 2020)Background. Medication adherence is negatively related to both diabetes distress (DD) and depressive symptoms (DS). Past research suggests gender differences in adherence, DD, and DS. A gap exists in determining if gender ... -
Mental and substance use disorders from early adolescence to young adulthood among indigenous young people: Final diagnostic results from an 8-year panel study
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2014)Objective: Our objective was to investigate change in prevalence rates for mental and substance abuse disorders between early adolescence and young adulthood in a cohort of indigenous adolescents who participated in an ... -
Microaggressions, diabetes distress, and self-care behaviors in a sample of American Indian adults with type 2 diabetes
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018)American Indian/Alaska Native people experience the highest age-adjusted prevalence of type 2 diabetes of any racial group in the United States, as well as high rates of related health problems. Chronic stressors such as ... -
Moderators of the association between exposure to violence in community, family, and dating contexts and substance use disorder risk among North American Indigenous adolescents
(SAGE Publications, 2021-05)Exposure to violence and substance abuse are salient public health concerns among Indigenous people (i.e., American Indian and Canadian First Nations). Despite this, little research has examined the association between the ... -
Onset, comorbidity, and predictors of nicotine, alcohol, and marijuana use disorders among North American Indigenous adolescents
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019)North American Indigenous (i.e., American Indian and Canadian First Nations) youth experience inequities in rates of substance abuse and dependence. Despite this, few longitudinal studies examine the developmental course ... -
Perceived Discrimination in Healthcare Among American Indian College Students
(2020-05)Introduction: Trust is integral in the patient-physician relationship. Perceived discrimination can have a detrimental effect on that relationship. The purpose of this study is to investigate Native and Non-Native perceptions ... -
Prevalence of mental disorders from adolescence through early adulthood in American Indian and First Nations communities
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021)Indigenous communities lack representation in psychiatric epidemiology despite disproportionate exposure to risk factors. We document the cumulative and 12-month prevalence of psychiatric disorders across the early life ... -
Prospective childhood risk factors for gang involvement among North American Indigenous adolescents
(SAGE Publications, 2016-10)The purpose of the study was to examine prospective childhood risk factors for gang involvement across the course of adolescence among a large 8-year longitudinal sample of 646 Indigenous (i.e., American Indian and Canadian ... -
Self-reported arrests among Indigenous adolescents: A longitudinal analysis of community, family, and individual risk factors
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016)Purpose: North American indigenous (American Indian/Canadian First Nations) adolescents are overrepresented in the juvenile justice systems in the USA and Canada. One explanation advanced for disproportionate numbers of ... -
Social norms of alcohol use among American Indian college students
(2022-07)American Indian (AI) peoples are at higher risk for alcohol use disorder and related health consequences compared to the general population. Descriptive and injunctive norms have been found to be a significant risk factor ... -
“THE WORLD AT OUR DOOR” SCOTTISH AND IRISH SETTLERS AMONG MUSCOGEE (CREEKS) AND OTHER SOUTHEAST TRIBES, 1700 - 1830
(2019-05)By the time of the American Revolution, the colonial shores of the Atlantic had welcomed more than 250,000 Scottish and Irish immigrants to its harbors. With centuries of both war and subjugation in their blood, these ...