Date of Award
2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
MA in Psychology
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Elizabeth Brondolo
Abstract
When compared to other marginalized racial/ethnic groups, American Indians/Alaskan Natives (AI/AN) individuals have the highest rates of experiencing psychological distress and are at a greater risk of suicide (Brown-Rice, 2013). Historical trauma thoughts, defined as thinking about trauma experienced over generations, may contribute to these high rates of distress (Mohatt et al., 2014). We examined the relations of historical trauma thoughts to measures of distress in a sample of 258 AI/AN adults. Analyses indicate significant positive relations between historical trauma thinking to depression and daily negative emotion in the full sample. But when looking at our smaller sample (rumination-only data) historical trauma was no longer significantly correlated with depression and negative emotion average. Although historical trauma thinking involves aspects of rumination, daily rumination does not mediate the relations of historical trauma thinking to depression or negative mood.
Recommended Citation
Yoshioka, Sheena, "HISTORICAL TRAUMA THOUGHTS, DAILY NEGATIVE EMOTION, AND RUMINATION AMONG URBAN-DWELLING AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE ADULTS" (2024). Theses and Dissertations. 760.
https://scholar.stjohns.edu/theses_dissertations/760