Thursday, January 5, 2012

“IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY”: INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF HISTORICAL TRAUMA AMONG URBAN AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES IN CULTURALLY SPECIFIC SO




The aim of this exploratory study, which was informed by ethnographic principles, was to better understand the intergenerational transmission of historical trauma among urban American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) in culturally specific sobriety maintenance programs.

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results of the study were organized into 3 overarching categories, which included 10 themes that emerged contextually in relation to participants’ lived experi
ence of historical and associated traumas, substance abuse, and current involvement in a culturally specific sobriety maintenance program.



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