Perspectives of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists on the Influence of School Connectedness on American Indian Youths ()
ABSTRACT
This article presents
findings captured during a study with four Non-Indigenous child and adolescent psychiatrists treating
American Indian youths at a child and adolescent psychiatry hospital
located in a rural northwestern state. The author used a qualitative design to
develop a deeper understanding of how the psychiatrists conceptualize the relationships between the components of school connectedness and
American Indian youths. The study resulted in categorizing 53 descriptors of
protective factors and 31 descriptors of risk factors associated with elements of
school connectedness identified as 1) Cultural Connectedness, 2) Community, 3)
Caregivers, 4) Teachers, and 5) Peers. The descriptors are illustrated through
richly detailed comments from the participants.
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Clark, S. (2022) Perspectives of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists on the Influence of School Connectedness on American Indian Youths.
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
10, 119-147. doi:
10.4236/jss.2022.1011010.
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