Honouring Opportunities to Build Resilience in Aboriginal Female Youth in Canada by Participation in "It's A Girl Thang" : A Proposal for Research

cityu.schoolDivision of Arts and Sciences
cityu.siteVancouver, BC
cityu.site.countryCanada
dc.contributor.authorPalmer, Kerrie
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-22T20:52:34Z
dc.date.available2016-08-22T20:52:34Z
dc.date.issued2009-06
dc.description.abstractThis proposal has been written as a precursor to conduct research about resiliency in Aboriginal female youth who live on reserve in rural Western Canada. Positive adaptation to adversity is the chosen definition for resiliency in this proposal because it honours the unique context that culture, resistance, gender and environment serve one's lived experience. Measuring resiliency using a questionnaire including a unique cultural subscale before and after treatment creates an opportunity to learn if the treatment manual "It's A Girl's Thang" serves to build resiliency in Aboriginal female youth living on reserve in rural Western Canada.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/398
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.subjectresiliency
dc.subjectAboriginal female youth
dc.subjectFirst Nations women
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subject.lcshResilience (Personality trait)
dc.subject.lcshIndian women--Canada
dc.subject.lcshIndian women--Canada--Attitudes
dc.titleHonouring Opportunities to Build Resilience in Aboriginal Female Youth in Canada by Participation in "It's A Girl Thang" : A Proposal for Research
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCounseling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle (CityU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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