scholarly journals A Positive Youth Development Perspective on Mental Distress among American Indian/Alaska Native Youth

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Ozge Ersan ◽  
Michael C. Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Native Youth ◽  
Development Perspective

scholarly journals Strengths-Based Assessment for Suicide Prevention: Reasons for Life as a Protective Factor From Yup’ik Alaska Native Youth Suicide

Assessment ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 107319111987578 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Allen ◽  
Stacy M. Rasmus ◽  
Carlotta Ching Ting Fok ◽  
Billy Charles ◽  
Joseph Trimble ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protective Factors ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Native Youth

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among American Indian and Alaska Native youth, and within the Alaska Native youth subpopulation, the leading cause of death. In response to this public health crisis, American Indian and Alaska Native communities have created strategies to protect their young people by building resilience using localized Indigenous well-being frameworks and cultural strengths. These approaches to suicide prevention emphasize promotion of protective factors over risk reduction. A measure of culturally based protective factors from suicide risk has potential to assess outcomes from these strengths-based, culturally grounded suicide prevention efforts, and can potentially address several substantive concerns regarding direct assessment of suicide risk. We report on the Reasons for Life (RFL) scale, a measure of protective factors from suicide, testing psychometric properties including internal structure with 302 rural Alaska Native Yup’ik youth. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed the RFL is best described through three distinct first-order factors organized under one higher second-order factor. Item response theory analyses identified 11 satisfactorily functioning items. The RFL correlates with other measures of more general protective factors. Implications of these findings are described, including generalizability to other American Indian and Alaska Native, other Indigenous, and other culturally distinct suicide disparities groups.

scholarly journals Suicide Attempts Among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth

1999 ◽  
Vol 153 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Wagman Borowsky ◽  
Michael D. Resnick ◽  
Marjorie Ireland ◽  
Robert W. Blum
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Native Youth

Preventing Substance Abuse in American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: Promising Strategies for Healthier Communities.

2004 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 304-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth H. Hawkins ◽  
Lillian H. Cummins ◽  
G. Alan Marlatt
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Native Youth

American Indian—Alaska Native Youth Health

JAMA ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 267 (12) ◽  
pp. 1637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Blum
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Youth Health ◽  
Native Youth
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