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The Aftermath Of Intergenerational Trauma: Substance Use Risk And Resiliency, Laurel E. Pickel
The Aftermath Of Intergenerational Trauma: Substance Use Risk And Resiliency, Laurel E. Pickel
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The present study explored resilience factors to substance use within Canada’s First Nations adults. This was explored through a lens of historical trauma experienced as a group through the Residential School establishments. Secondary data from phase II (2008/10) of the Regional Health Survey were analyzed in coming to determine the effects of resiliency factors in the lives of abstainers/low substance users, moderate users and heavy users. Analysis of variance tests revealed some significant differences in experience with resilience factors in the lives of abstainers/low users versus heavy users; no significant observations were had for the moderate group. Logistic regression analysis …