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Establishing the Reliability and Validity of the Sources of Strength in One American Indian Community

Author(s) -

Kelley

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

american indian and alaska native mental health research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.44

H-Index - 24

ISSN - 1533-7731

DOI - 10.5820/aian.2302.2016.84

Subject(s) - psychology , resilience (materials science) , tribe , reliability (semiconductor) , scale (ratio) , psychological resilience , population , validity , social psychology , applied psychology , gerontology , clinical psychology , environmental health , medicine , geography , psychometrics , sociology , power (physics) , physics , cartography , quantum mechanics , anthropology , thermodynamics

Strength-based approaches that explore resilience and health among Native communities are needed. This report highlights the results from a sources of strength inventory reported over a 2-year period by participants (N = 48) from a Montana tribe who attended cultural camps. The authors found the sources of strength scale to be a reliable and valid measure for the population (N = 11 items, α = .945). The community plans to use the results of this study to inform and promote strength-based measures grounded in the resilience of youth, families, and culture.

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