Date of Award
January 2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Justin D. McDonald
Abstract
The current study is a cross-sectional examination of the relationships between American Indian cultural identification, individualistic coping, collectivistic coping, and life satisfaction. Specifically, the purpose of this study was to examine whether collectivistic and individualistic coping styles mediated the relationship between American Indian cultural identification (high cultural identification vs. low cultural identification) and life satisfaction. In other words, this study sought to understand if traditional American Indian culture provides any unique buffering effects against stress via coping styles. Several regressions were run on the mediation model which suggested no significant relationship between American Indian cultural identification and life satisfaction. These results are inconsistent with previous findings on how cultural identification relates to life satisfaction.
Recommended Citation
Prairie Chicken, Micah Louis, "Coping Styles As Mediators Between American Indian Cultural Identification And Life Satisfaction" (2019). Theses and Dissertations. 2480.
https://commons.und.edu/theses/2480