Title: Indigenous Adolescent Development Psychological Social And Historical Contexts
Description: "This volume explores the first four waves of a longitudinal diagnostic study of Indigenous adolescents and their families. The first study of its kind, it calls attention to culturally specific risk factors that affect Indigenous (American Indian and Canadian First Nations) adolescent development and describe the historical and social contexts in which Indigenous adolescents come of age. It provides unique information on ethical research and development within Indigenous communities, psychiatric diagnosis at early and mid-adolescence, and suggestions for putting the findings into action through empirically-based interventions. "--
Subjects: Indians of north america, social conditions, Adolescence, Indians of North America, Social conditions, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adolescent, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Lifespan Development, Adolescent, HISTORY, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Indigenous youth, Adolescent Development, North American Indians, Psychology, Adolescent Psychology, Cultural Characteristics