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. 2021;30(1-2):26-46.
doi: 10.1080/15313204.2020.1770650. Epub 2020 Jun 25.

What's love got to do with it? "Love" and Alcohol Use among U.S. Indigenous Peoples: Aligning Research with Real-world Experiences

Catherine E McKinley  1 , Jennifer Miller Scarnato  1
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What's love got to do with it? "Love" and Alcohol Use among U.S. Indigenous Peoples: Aligning Research with Real-world Experiences

Catherine E McKinley et al. J Ethn Cult Divers Soc Work. 2021.

Abstract

This research examines how Indigenous families report experiences of love (a component of family resilience) and its association with urgent health disparity of alcohol abuse. This exploratory mixed-methods first identified emergent results from qualitative data (n=436), which was then explored with follow-up and quantitative data (n =127) from a sample of Indigenous families in two Southeastern tribes. Love was a highly salient qualitative theme and component of family resilience. Quantitative results revealed cross-generational changes in family resilience, which was negatively associated with alcohol use. Current families may be transcending the effects of historical oppression and expressing love and family resilience.

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