A Protective Factors Model for Alcohol Abuse and Suicide Prevention Among Alaska Native Youth

Allen, James; Mohatt, Gerald V.; Fok, Carlotta Ching Ting; Henry, David B.; Burkett, Rebekah

doi:10.1007/s10464-014-9661-3

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“…In addition, the recent review by Allen et al 49 noted a need for increased focus on the process aspects of this work rather than only on outcomes and for use of local knowledge and theory to frame and guide intervention.…”

Section: American Indian/alaska Native Suicide Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An empirical test of 1 multilevel protective factors model identified community-level factors as explaining the largest proportion of the variance in suicide outcomes. 70 Community-level support and opportunities; family-level relational dimensions of emotional support, cohesion, and conflict resolution; and communal mastery at the individual level were interrelated and together provided protection from suicide. Indeed, certain individual protective factors for Indigenous suicide include school completion and enculturation, 24,45,103 and these factors can be understood in terms of their links to well-functioning community institutions (e.g., schools) and intact cultural systems.…”

Section: Promising Directions For Indigenous Suicide Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Advancing Suicide Prevention Research With Rural American Indian and Alaska Native Populations

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As part of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention's American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Task Force, a multidisciplinary group of AI/AN suicide research experts convened to outline pressing issues related to this subfield of suicidology. Suicide disproportionately affects Indigenous peoples, and remote Indigenous communities can offer vital and unique insights with relevance to other rural and marginalized groups. Outcomes from this meeting include identifying the central challenges impeding progress in this subfield and a description of promising research directions to yield practical results. These proposed directions expand the alliance's prioritized research agenda and offer pathways to advance the field of suicide research in Indigenous communities and beyond.

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Section: American Indian/alaska Native Suicide Researchmentioning

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Section: Promising Directions For Indigenous Suicide Researchmentioning

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“…V. Mohatt, Rasmus, et al, 2004) and a set of culturally appropriate measures for the study of the process of change and outcome. These protective factors measures at the level of the individual, family, and community were successfully tested in a predictive model of Reasons for Life (RFL) and Reflective Processes about alcohol abuse consequences (RP) (Allen, Mohatt, Fok, Henry, & Burkett, 2014). RFL and RP are co-occurring strengths-based ultimate outcome variables for the Qungasvik intervention.…”

Section: A Protective Factors Model For Preventionmentioning

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Relationship of Social Network to Protective Factors in Suicide and Alcohol Use Disorder Intervention for Rural Yup’ik Alaska Native Youth

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Suicide and alcohol use disorders are significant Alaska Native health disparities, yet there is limited understanding of protection and no studies of social network factors in protection in this or other populations. The Qungasvik intervention enhances protective factors from suicide and alcohol use disorders through activities grounded in Yup’ik cultural practices and values. Identification of social network factors associated with protection within the cultural context of these tight, close knit, and high density rural Yup’ik Alaska Native communities in southwest Alaska can help identify effective prevention strategies for suicide and alcohol use disorder risk. Using data from ego-centered social network and protective factors from suicide and alcohol use disorders surveys with 50 Yup’ik adolescents, we provide descriptive data on structural and network composition variables, identify key network variables that explain major proportions of the variance in a four principal component structure of these network variables, and demonstrate the utility of these key network variables as predictors of family and community protective factors from suicide and alcohol use disorder risk. Connections to adults and connections to elders, but not peer connections, emerged as predictors of family and community level protection, suggesting these network factors as important intervention targets for intervention.

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“…This scale was developed to assess change related to a small sample cultural intervention study for rural Yup’ik youth to prevent suicide and alcohol abuse (Allen, Mohatt, Fok, Henry, & People Awakening Team, 2009; Allen, Mohatt, Fok, Henry, Burket, & People Awakening Team, 2014). The MMS was developed through a process of cultural, linguistic, and developmental adaptation of two scales for Alaska Native adolescents, the Mastery Scale (Pearlin, Menaghan, Lieberman, & Mullan, 1981), emphasizing coping through personal agency and control, and the Communal Mastery Scale (Jackson, McKenzie, & Hobfoll, 2000), that focuses on a collective approach to coping.…”

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Increasing the Sensitivity of Measures to Change

Fok

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2015

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Little attention is paid in prevention research to the ability of measures to accurately assess change, termed “responsiveness” or “sensitivity to change.” This paper reviews definitions and measures of responsiveness, and suggests five strategies for increasing sensitivity to change, with central focus on prevention research with small samples: (a) Improving understandability and cultural validity, (b) assuring that the measure covers the full range of the latent construct being measured, (c) eliminating redundant items, (d) maximizing sensitivity of the device used to collect responses; and (e) asking directly about change. Examples of the application of each strategy are provided. Discussion focuses on using the issues as a checklist for improving measures and the implications of sensitivity to change for prevention research with small samples.

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A Protective Factors Model for Alcohol Abuse and Suicide Prevention Among Alaska Native Youth

Cited by 71 publications

References 34 publications

Advancing Suicide Prevention Research With Rural American Indian and Alaska Native Populations

Advancing Suicide Prevention Research With Rural American Indian and Alaska Native Populations

Relationship of Social Network to Protective Factors in Suicide and Alcohol Use Disorder Intervention for Rural Yup’ik Alaska Native Youth

Increasing the Sensitivity of Measures to Change

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