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International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

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01.04.2010

A Four-Stage Method for Developing Early Interventions for Alcohol Among Aboriginal Adolescents

verfasst von: Christopher J. Mushquash, M. Nancy Comeau, Brian D. McLeod, Sherry H. Stewart

Erschienen in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction | Ausgabe 2/2010

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Abstract

This paper details a four-stage methodology for developing early alcohol interventions for at-risk Aboriginal youth. Stage 1 was an integrative approach to Aboriginal education that upholds Aboriginal traditional wisdom supporting respectful relationships to the Creator, to the land and to each other. Stage 2 used quantitative methods to investigate associations between personality risk factors and risky drinking motives. Stage 3 used qualitative interviews to further understand the contexts and circumstances surrounding drinking behaviour within a larger cultural context. Stage 3 involved tailoring personality-matched, motive-specific brief interventions to meet at-risk adolescents’ needs. Stage 4 involved an efficacy test of the interventions. This novel methodology has significance for future program development to meet diverse social, cultural and health needs of at-risk adolescents.

“Impulsivity” is an additional personality-risk for alcohol and other substance abuse (Conrod et al. 2000a, b). For further discussion see Castellanos and Conrod 2006. This personality risk factor is yet to be investigated in relation to First Nations adolescents’ alcohol use and misuse.

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Titel: A Four-Stage Method for Developing Early Interventions for Alcohol Among Aboriginal Adolescents
verfasst von: Christopher J. Mushquash
M. Nancy Comeau
Brian D. McLeod
Sherry H. Stewart
Publikationsdatum: 01.04.2010
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction / Ausgabe 2/2010
Print ISSN: 1557-1874
Elektronische ISSN: 1557-1882
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-009-9240-2

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