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Exploring Indigenous Identities of Urban American Indian Youth of the Southwest
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Kulis, Stephen; Wagaman, M. Alex; Tso, Crescentia; Brown, Eddie F. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2013
This study examined the indigenous identities of urban American Indian youth using measures related to three theoretical dimensions of Markstrom's identity model: identification (tribal and ethnic heritage), connection (reservation ties), and involvement in traditional cultural practices and spirituality. Data came from self-administered…
Descriptors: American Indians, American Indian Culture, Identification (Psychology), Ethnicity
Expanding Urban American Indian Youths' Repertoire of Drug Resistance Skills: Pilot Results from a Culturally Adapted Prevention Program
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Kulis, Stephen; Dustman, Patricia A.; Brown, Eddie F.; Martinez, Marcos – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2013
This article examines changes in the drug resistance strategies used by urban American Indian (UAI) middle school students during a pilot test of a substance use prevention curriculum designed specifically for UAI youth, "Living in 2 Worlds" (L2W). L2W teaches four drug resistance strategies (refuse, explain, avoid, leave [R-E-A-L]) in…
Descriptors: Enrichment, Prevention, American Indian Students, Drug Abuse
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Kulis, Stephen; Brown, Eddie F. – Journal of Drug Education, 2011
This study explored the drug resistance strategies that urban American Indian adolescents consider the best and worst ways to respond to offers of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana. Focus group data were collected from 11 female and 9 male American Indian adolescents attending urban middle schools in the southwest. The youth were presented with…
Descriptors: Prevention, Urban American Indians, Focus Groups, Adolescents