Notes on Culture Change and Personality Adjustment Among the North Alaska Eskimos

Discusses the effects of rapid transition to western culture, as investigated at Kaktovik on Barter Island since 1958. Due to various factors, noted, this community adjusted to wage labor at a nearby DEW Line radar installation without undue disruption. The effects on individual mental health, as in...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Chance, Norman A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
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Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1963
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Arctic
Barter Island
eskimo*
Alaska
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spelling crarcticinstna:10.14430/arctic3546 2024-06-09T07:42:06+00:00 Notes on Culture Change and Personality Adjustment Among the North Alaska Eskimos Chance, Norman A. 1963 http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic3546 http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/3546/3521 unknown The Arctic Institute of North America ARCTIC volume 16, issue 4, page 264 ISSN 1923-1245 0004-0843 journal-article 1963 crarcticinstna https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3546 2024-05-14T12:53:43Z Discusses the effects of rapid transition to western culture, as investigated at Kaktovik on Barter Island since 1958. Due to various factors, noted, this community adjusted to wage labor at a nearby DEW Line radar installation without undue disruption. The effects on individual mental health, as indicated by the Cornell Medical Index questionnaire, were examined in 1960. Results suggest that individuals whose knowledge of white culture was less than their degree of identification with it tended to be more emotionally disturbed than those whose knowledge matched or exceeded their identification. Women showed more symptoms of disturbance than men; other demographic factors (age, education, etc.) had no apparent influence. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Barter Island eskimo* Alaska Arctic Institute of North America ARCTIC 16 4 264
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