The Impact of Historical Loss on Native American College Students' Mental Health: The Protective Role of Ethnic Identity

被引:6
作者
Fetter, Anna Kawennison [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Thompson, Mindi N. [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Psychol & Neurosci, Campus Box 3270,235 East Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
[2] St Regis Mohawk Tribe, Akwesasne, NY USA
[3] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Counseling Psychol, Madison, WI USA
关键词
mental health; Native American; Alaska Native; stress and coping; historical loss; ethnic identity; well-being; PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE ANXIETY; INITIAL VALIDATION; LOSS THINKING; TRAUMA; DEPRESSION; DISORDERS; SCALE; TRAJECTORIES; DISPARITIES;
D O I
10.1037/cou0000686
中图分类号
G44 [教育心理学];
学科分类号
0402 ; 040202 ;
摘要
Culturally relevant stressors and protective factors are vital to understanding and effectively supporting Native American/Alaska Native (NA/AN) college students' mental health and well-being. This study examined the theorized pathways among historical loss, well-being, psychological distress, and the proposed cultural buffer of ethnic identity in the indigenist stress-coping model (ISCM). Cross-sectional data were collected via online survey and analyzed using structural equation modeling. Participants were a national sample of 242 NA/AN college students. Participants were predominantly women (n = 185; 76%) and median age was 21 years. Partial support was found for the ISCM. Participants reported frequent thoughts of historical loss, which were associated with lower well-being and higher levels of psychological distress. Ethnic identity moderated the relationship between historical loss and well-being such that those with stronger ethnic identities reported a weaker relationship between historical loss and lower well-being. Results underscore the importance of culturally specific risk and protective factors in NA/AN college students' resiliency and inform needed interventions and systemic change in higher education.
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页码:486 / 497
页数:12
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