title: Reduced ratings of physical and relational aggression for youths with a strong cultural identity: evidence from the Naskapi people.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Minority youth in general, and Aboriginal youth in particular, are at increased statistical risk for being perpetrators or victims of aggression.
  
  
  METHODS
  We examined the potential protective aspect of cultural identity in relation to peer ratings of physical and relational aggression and factors typically associated with each among almost the entire cohort of Naskapi youths from Kawawachikamach, Québec.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hierarchical multiple regressions revealed that a strong identity with their own Native culture predicted less perceived physical and social aggression by their peers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings are discussed in the context of the role of a positive affiliation with ancestral culture for the diminishment of adolescent aggression and for general adaptive development and well-being.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Tara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Flanagan
authors.forename: Grace
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iarocci
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Arrisso
authors.forename: Tarek
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mandour
authors.forename: Curtis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tootoosis
authors.forename: Sandy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Jacob A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Burack
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression; D044467:American Indian or Alaska Native; D002648:Child; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D011792:Quebec; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult