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Depressed Affect and Historical Loss Among North American Indigenous Adolescents

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ID5374537
AuthorsWhitbeck, Whitbeck Whitbeck, Leslie B Whitbeck (University of Nebraska–Lincoln, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume16
Issue3
Pages16-41
Publication date2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0893-5394 • E-ISSN: 1533-7731
PublisherCenters for American Indian and Alaska Native Health (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5820/aian.1603.2009.16
PMID20052631
OpenAlexW2007583141
LanguageEN
Citations received62
References cited28

This study reports on the prevalence and correlates of perceived historical loss among 459 North American Indigenous adolescents aged 11-13 years from the northern Midwest of the United States and central Canada. The adolescents reported daily or more thoughts of historical loss at rates similar to their female caretakers. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that our measure of perceived historical loss and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale were separate but related constructs. Regression analysis indicated that, even when controlling for family factors, perceived discrimination, and proximal negative life events, perceived historical loss had independent effects on adolescents' depressive symptoms. The construct of historical loss is discussed in terms of Indigenous ethnic cleansing and life course theory

Anxiety · Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale · Confirmatory factor analysis · Depressive symptoms · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Indigenous · Injury prevention · Poison control · Psychiatry · Sociology · Structural equation modeling · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Gerontology

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