Journal article
Values and Depressive Symptoms in American Indian Youth of the Northern Plains: Examining the Potential Moderating Roles of Outcome Expectancies and Perceived Community Values
Journal of youth and adolescence, Vol.43(3), pp.426-436
03/2014
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/107527
PMID: 23857243
Abstract
Very little is known about processes contributing to depressive experiences in American Indian youth. We explored the relationship between value priorities and depressive symptoms among 183 (65 % female) American Indian youth in grades 9–12. In addition, two potential moderators of this relationship were examined: value outcome expectations (i.e., whether one expects that values will be realized or not) and perceived community values. We found that American Indian youth who endorsed higher levels of tradition/benevolence values reported fewer depressive symptoms. However, the relationship between endorsing power/materialism values and depressive symptoms depended on the extent to which youth perceived their communities as valuing power/materialism. Finally, value outcome expectancies appeared to relate more strongly to depressive symptoms than did value priorities. Overall, these findings support tribal community efforts to impart tradition/benevolence values to American Indian youth but also emphasize the importance of attending to value outcome expectations and the perceived values of the community in understanding American Indian youth’s depressive experiences.
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- Title
- Values and Depressive Symptoms in American Indian Youth of the Northern Plains: Examining the Potential Moderating Roles of Outcome Expectancies and Perceived Community Values
- Creators
- Alicia Mousseau - Department of Psychology University of Wyoming P.O. Box 3415 Laramie WY 82071-3415 USAWalter Scott - Department of Psychology University of Wyoming P.O. Box 3415 Laramie WY 82071-3415 USADavid Estes - Department of Psychology University of Wyoming P.O. Box 3415 Laramie WY 82071-3415 USA
- Contributors
- Barbara Gfellner (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Journal of youth and adolescence, Vol.43(3), pp.426-436
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- Springer US; Boston
- Identifiers
- 99900546910101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article