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3 Contributors to Resilience
Pages 15-20

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... , in her longitudinal studies of Native Hawaiian children, was one of the first psychologists to identify people who were doing well despite growing up under harsh circumstances. Such resilience is often attributed to protective factors that counteract stresses, providing a kind of scaffolding that helps individuals over the life course.
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... Similarly, the level of engagement with traditional culture among the Pueblos, Apache, and Navajos has been correlated with lower death rates in New Mexico, and more traditional tribal groups tend to have lower death rates. Another example of cultural continuity1 is the work with drum groups being done in Los Angeles by Daniel Dickerson at the University of California, Los Angeles, said LaFromboise (Dickerson et al., 2014)
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... Furthermore, schools can help transmit Native culture and languages, especially when culture and language are not being transmitted through communities and families. They can also showcase student talent and host cultural awareness events.
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... • Underuse of mental health services • High poverty • Poor educational outcomes • Substandard housing • Disease (e.g., diabetes; overweight and obesity) To these, LaFromboise added factors such as acculturation stress, historical trauma, community violence, family disruption, and interpersonal problems.
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... Interventions based on resilience factors, such as the development of better coping and problem-solving skills, can reduce the influence of some risk factors. For example, a community-driven suicide prevention program undertaken by invitation from the Pueblo of Zuni got good results in terms of reduced hopelessness, greater confidence, ability to manage anger, better peer suicide intervention skills, and better peer problem-solving skills (LaFromboise and Howard-Pitney, 1995)
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