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Peer reviewedKunitz, Stephen J.; Levy, Jerrold E.; McCloskey, Joanne; Gabriel, K. Ruben – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1998
This study compared 204 Navajo men and women for alcohol dependence and domestic violence as sequelae of abuse and conduct disorders in childhood. Both physical and sexual abuse were risk factors for conduct disorder. Physical abuse and conduct disorder were risk factors for alcohol dependence. Alcohol dependence and physical abuse were…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, American Indians, Behavior Disorders, Child Abuse
Peer reviewedHenderson, Eric; Kunitz, Stephen J.; Levy, Jerrold E. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1999
Extended interviews with 50 Navajo men, aged 21 to 45, provided information on peer relationships and gang formation among male Navajo youth in the 1960s through the 1980s. Results suggest that gangs are an extreme example of traditional hell-raising among young Navajo men and that most gang members "age out" of their gangs. Suggestions for gang…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Juvenile Gangs, Kinship, Males
Peer reviewedHenderson, Eric; Kunitz, Stephen J.; Gabriel, K. Ruben; McCright, Aaron; Levy, Jerrold E. – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 1998
Interviews with over 1,000 Navajos aged 21-67 in 1992-95 found that alcohol dependency was less common among high school graduates than dropouts but was also disproportionately low among older men with no schooling. Despite abusive conditions that prevailed in some Indian boarding schools, alcohol dependency rates did not differ by type of school…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, American Indian Education, American Indian Students
