Overcoming Adversities: Resilience in Rural Southeastern Montana: An Exploration of the Factors that Encourage Resilience and Foster Successful Employment in a Native American Population - Couverture souple

Knows His Gun, Kristie; Bufford, Rodger K.; Seegobin, Winston

 
9783639660074: Overcoming Adversities: Resilience in Rural Southeastern Montana: An Exploration of the Factors that Encourage Resilience and Foster Successful Employment in a Native American Population
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ISBN 10 : 3639660072 ISBN 13 : 9783639660074
Editeur : Scholars' Press, 2014

Synopsis

Native Americans, the original people from the vast region of North America, have endured numerous historical traumas. Yet many have been able to overcome their impoverished living conditions and maintain full-time employment. It is hypothesized that protective factors promoted resilience within these individuals, which encouraged a successful future. The present study examined both the degree and types of trauma experienced by a sample of Native Americans during childhood, along with their current levels of spiritual functioning and resilience. It was found that, overall they were exposed to significantly more childhood adversities and reported lower levels of education and employment status when compared to the Caucasian counterparts. Despite this, however, the Native American employees, in general, were unusual in the fact that they were not debilitated by their exposure to adverse experiences. While the current study cannot explicitly state what protective factors encouraged resilience, we can confidently conclude many factors existed for these individuals, allowing them to gain the necessary tools that encourage stable employment rather than succumbing to poverty and hardship.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Native Americans, the original people from the vast region of North America, have endured numerous historical traumas. Yet many have been able to overcome their impoverished living conditions and maintain full-time employment. It is hypothesized that protective factors promoted resilience within these individuals, which encouraged a successful future. The present study examined both the degree and types of trauma experienced by a sample of Native Americans during childhood, along with their current levels of spiritual functioning and resilience. It was found that, overall they were exposed to significantly more childhood adversities and reported lower levels of education and employment status when compared to the Caucasian counterparts. Despite this, however, the Native American employees, in general, were unusual in the fact that they were not debilitated by their exposure to adverse experiences. While the current study cannot explicitly state what protective factors encouraged resilience, we can confidently conclude many factors existed for these individuals, allowing them to gain the necessary tools that encourage stable employment rather than succumbing to poverty and hardship.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Kristie Knows His Gun is a Professor of Psychology, Assistant Director of Clinical Training, and Assistant Director of School-Based Behavioral Health at George Fox University in Newberg, OR. She earned her MA and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from George Fox University. Her interests include resilience, lifespan development, and assessments.

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Éditeur
Scholars' Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639660072
ISBN 13 
9783639660074
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
60
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