Historical Trauma Among Urban American Indians: Impact on Substance Abuse and Family Cohesion.

Historical trauma theory suggests that many American Indians are still affected by the cultural losses and injustices endured by previous generations. The current study examines historical trauma in an urban American Indian sample using validated measures of historical loss and associated symptoms (...

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Published in:	Journal of Loss & Trauma Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 319 - 337
Main Authors:	Wiechelt, ShellyA., Gryczynski, Jan, Johnson, JeannetteL., Caldwell, Diana
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Jul/Aug2012
Subjects:	Mental health Epidemiology Psychology of Indigenous peoples of the Americas Substance abuse City dwellers Family relations Wounds & injuries Chi-squared test Confidence intervals Statistical correlation Questionnaires Research funding Scales (Weighing instruments) T-test (Statistics) Data analysis Descriptive statistics
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