Family, Community, and School Influences on Resilience Among American Indian Adolescents in the Upper Midwest

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Abstract: This study examines resilience among a sample of American Indian adolescents living on or near reservations in the upper Midwest. Data are from a baseline survey of 212 youth (115 boys and 97 girls) who were enrolled in the 5th through 8th grades. Based upon the definition of resilience, latent class analyses were conducted to identify youth who displayed pro-social outcomes (60.5%) as opposed to problem behavior outcomes. A measure of family adversity was also developed that indicated only 38.4 percent of the youth lived in ""Ölow adversity' households. Defining resilience in the context of positive outcomes in the face of adversity, logistic regression was used to examine the predictors of pro-social outcomes among youth who lived in moderate to high adversity households. The analyses identified key risk and protective factors. A primary risk factor appeared to be perceived discrimination. Protective factors were from multiple contexts: family, community and culture. Having a warm and supportive mother, perceiving community support, and exhibiting higher levels of enculturation were each associated with increased likelihood of pro-social outcomes.

Type of resource	text
Date created	February 2006

Author	LaFromboise, Teresa D.
Author	Hoyt, Dan
Author	Oliver, Lisa
Author	Whitbeck, Les
Publisher	Journal of Community Psychology

Related Publication	LaFromboise, T. D., Hoyt, D. R., Oliver, L., & Whitbeck, L. B. (2006). Family, community, and school influences on resilience among American Indian adolescents in the upper midwest. Journal of Community Psychology, 34(2): 193-209.
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/tq755fn7789

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