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Peer reviewedGade, Eldon; Hurlburt, Graham – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 1985
Examined personality characteristics of female American Indian alcoholics using the Eysenck Personality Questionniare. Results indicated that in comparison with a sample of normal women, the women in the detoxification group tended to be more tough-minded, emotional, and introverted than did those women in either an extended treatment program or…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, American Indians, Counseling, Counselor Role
Download full textSocial & Health Services, Ltd., Rockville, MD. – 1993
Children of alcoholics (COAs) generally experience high levels of anxiety and depression, particularly those in grades five through eight. The materials in this program intend to help these children by improving their group environments and by helping them grow in developmentally healthy ways. The components of the program are research based and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Alcoholism, American Indians
Peer reviewedKahn, Marvin W. – Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 1986
Compares high rates of psychosocial disorders found among American Indians, Eskimos, and Australian Aborigines. Relates high rates of disorders such as alcohol abuse, depression, suicide, family instability, delinquency, and accidental death to experiences of traditional cultures with western domination. Reviews major psychosocial explanations of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Alcoholism, American Indians
Curley, Georgia – 1984
On the Northern Cheyenne Reservation--where the alcoholism rate for Cheyenne persons 14 years and older is approximately 80%--there are numerous resources available to the recovering alcoholic, but children in alcoholic families are sometimes forgotten. There is a need for preventive programs to insure that today's children do not become the next…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education
Wintemute, Ginger, Ed.; Messer, Bonnie, Ed. – 1980
A handbook on social work practice with Native American families, developed for use by students in undergraduate social work programs and by social service practitioners who work with Native American people, is divided into four sections. The first section contains four articles, written by Joseph A. Dudley (Methodist minister and Yankton Sioux)…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Aging (Individuals), Alcoholism, American Indian Culture
Griffiths, Curt Taylor, Ed. – 1987
Northern youth increasingly find themselves in a state of crisis--separated from family and community for the purposes of further education, exposed to the temptations of alcohol and drug abuse and facing the prospect of underemployment, they often come into contact with the justice system at an early age. Fascinated by and indoctrinated with the…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adolescent Development, Alcoholism, American Indian Education
