Filial therapy with Native Americans on the Flathead Reservation.

Abstract

This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of the 10week filial therapy model as an intervention for Native American parents and their children residing on the Flathead Reservation in Montana. Native American parents significantly increased their level of empathy in their interactions with their children. Children significantly increased their level of desirable play behaviors with their parents.According to 1990 census figures 1.75 million people in the United States consider themselves to be members of, or closely affiliated with, one of the more than 500 different Native American tribes (Census of Population (1990 CP-3-7), 1994. The Native American population has increased dramatically during the last 2 decades, but Native Americans continue to represent less than 1% of the total United States population. And yet, this small segment of the population is troubled by a disproportionate number of social and mental health problems.Nearly three times more Native American families than white families live in poverty (LaFromboise & Low, 1998). Unemployment for This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.

Filial Therapy with Immigrant Korean Parents in the United States.

“…The findings in the present study are similar to those of other studies (Bratton, 1993;Chau & Landreth, 1997;Costas & Landreth, 1999;Glover & Landreth, 2000;Harris & Landreth, 1997;Landreth & Lobaugh, 1998;Yuen, 1997).…”

“…Generally, these studies (Chau & Landreth, 1997;Glover & Landreth, 2000;Jang, 2000;Yuen, 1997) show that filial therapy is an effective intervention for culturally …”

“…Filial therapy was examined for its effectiveness with Native Americans (Glover & Landreth, 2000). Glover and Landreth utilized filial therapy with parents on the Flathead Reservation in Montana and found a significant increase in parent's level of empathy as compared to a control group.…”

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