Culture and context: buffering the relationship between stressful life events and risky behaviors in American Indian youth.

Publisher: Informa Healthcare Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9602153 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1532-2491 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10826084 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Subst Use Misuse Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: London : Informa Healthcare
Original Publication: Monticello, NY : Dekker, 1996-

Culture* ; Indians, North American* ; Life Change Events* ; Risk-Taking*; Adolescent Behavior/*ethnology ; Substance-Related Disorders/*ethnology; Adolescent ; Depression/ethnology ; Family/ethnology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Risk Factors ; Social Support ; Stress, Psychological/ethnology ; Surveys and Questionnaires

The Sacred Mountain Youth Project was conducted to investigate risk and protective factors related to alcohol and drug use among American Indian youth. Findings indicated that stressful life events were positively associated with depressed mood, substance use, and risky behavior; cultural identity had no direct effects, but a secondary model showed that social support and protective family and peer influences were related to cultural identity. These findings suggest that the relationships between stressors and their negative sequelae are complex. Emphasis on protective processes that are culturally specific to American Indian youth may lead to effective alcohol and drug use prevention programs.

R01-MH59001 United States MH NIMH NIH HHS

Date Created: 20110804 Date Completed: 20111212 Latest Revision: 20151119

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10.3109/10826084.2011.592432

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