Citation

Fisher PA, Bacon JG, Storck M. Am. Indian Alsk. Native Ment. Health Res. 1998; 8(2): 1-23.

Affiliation

Native American Research Team, Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene 97401-2426, USA. philf@tigger.oslc.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9842063

Abstract

Previous research on the mental health status of American Indian youth has documented rates of pathology that are higher than the rates for Caucasian youth. However, much of this previous research has compared rural American Indians to urban Caucasians. The present study is a comparison of American Indian and Caucasian youth living on or near a rural reservation. Results suggest that although American Indian youth have higher levels than Caucasian youth of certain problem behaviors, group differences are much less general and pronounced than previous research has documented. Analyses also revealed teachers' perceptions of youth were in some cases quite different than parents' perceptions of youth and youth's perceptions of themselves.

Language: en