Establishing the reliability and validity of the sources of strength in one American Indian community.
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.
Allyson
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Kelley
Clayton
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000208:ethnology*; D008297:Male; D009009:Montana; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D055815:Young Adult