TY - JOUR
T1 - Anxiety, stress, and health in Northern Plains Native Americans
AU - De Coteau, Tami J.
AU - Hope, Debra A.
AU - Anderson, Jessiline
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank the staff of the health facility of the reservation on which these data were collected for their assistance. They would also like to thank the research assistants and participants in the study. This study was supported in part by a Minority Fellowship for Graduate Study from the American Psychological Association for the first author. Address correspondence to Debra A. Hope, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0308; e-mail: dhopel @unl.edu.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - In the present study the Beck Anxiety Inventory (Beck, Epstein, Brown, & Steer, 1988), Anxiety Sensitivity Inventory (Peterson & Reiss, 1992), the Holmes-Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale (Holmes & Rahe, 1967), Northern Plains Bicultural Inventory (Allen & French, 1994), and a health questionnaire were administered to investigate the relationship between anxiety, stressful events, health, and cultural participation among 147 Native American adults from a Midwestern reservation community. The results of these self-report measures indicated that, as has been found in the majority culture, stressful life events predicted physical health problems and self-reported anxiety. The hypothesis that participation in and identification with tribal culture would be associated with fewer life stressors, better health, and lower anxiety was not supported. Surprisingly, cultural identification did not buffer the relationship between stressful life events and anxiety. Implications for understanding anxiety and stress among Native Americans are discussed.
AB - In the present study the Beck Anxiety Inventory (Beck, Epstein, Brown, & Steer, 1988), Anxiety Sensitivity Inventory (Peterson & Reiss, 1992), the Holmes-Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale (Holmes & Rahe, 1967), Northern Plains Bicultural Inventory (Allen & French, 1994), and a health questionnaire were administered to investigate the relationship between anxiety, stressful events, health, and cultural participation among 147 Native American adults from a Midwestern reservation community. The results of these self-report measures indicated that, as has been found in the majority culture, stressful life events predicted physical health problems and self-reported anxiety. The hypothesis that participation in and identification with tribal culture would be associated with fewer life stressors, better health, and lower anxiety was not supported. Surprisingly, cultural identification did not buffer the relationship between stressful life events and anxiety. Implications for understanding anxiety and stress among Native Americans are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0005-7894(03)80006-0
DO - 10.1016/S0005-7894(03)80006-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:3042580076
SN - 0005-7894
VL - 34
SP - 365
EP - 380
JO - Behavior Therapy
JF - Behavior Therapy
IS - 3
ER -