title: Self-destructive behaviors in American Indian and Alaska Native high school youth.
abstract: Analysis of responses of 10,251 high school students surveyed in the 1997 National School-Based Youth Risk Survey indicated that American Indian and Alaska Native youths engaged more often in risky behaviors than White or Black youths. The pattern of involvement in risky behavior was different for youths from the three ethnic groups.
authors.affiliation: Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona 08240-1095, USA.
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D000413:Alaska / Q000208:ethnology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology*; D004930:Inuit / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D015995:Prevalence; D012309:Risk-Taking; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000208:ethnology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*