Pathways to resilience in First Nations youth from a remote community : a case for the ameliorative effects of intelligence and social perspective coordination
Variables that promote resilience, adaptive functioning despite adversity, were examined in 37 First Nations adolescents from a remote region in Northern-Quebec. Intelligence, and social perspective coordination, the ability to negotiate the self's and other's points of view in social situ...
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ftcanadathes:oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.33889 2023-05-15T16:15:16+02:00 Pathways to resilience in First Nations youth from a remote community : a case for the ameliorative effects of intelligence and social perspective coordination Flanagan, Tara. Burack, Jake (advisor) Master of Arts (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology.) 2001 application/pdf http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33889 en eng McGill University alephsysno: 001875941 proquestno: MQ79002 Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33889 All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. Resilience (Personality trait) in adolescence -- Québec (Province) Indians of North America -- Québec (Province) -- Psychology Electronic Thesis or Dissertation 2001 ftcanadathes 2014-02-16T00:51:00Z Variables that promote resilience, adaptive functioning despite adversity, were examined in 37 First Nations adolescents from a remote region in Northern-Quebec. Intelligence, and social perspective coordination, the ability to negotiate the self's and other's points of view in social situations, were offered as moderators of the effect of stress on competence. Competence was defined as developmentally-appropriate functioning in academic, behavioural, and social domains, and stress was operationalized as a combination of negative life events and demographic stressors. Better intellectual functioning and perspective coordination abilities were commensurate with elevated levels of academic performance and positive classroom behaviours. Additionally, intelligence served a protective function in the relationship between stress and fighting behaviour. In the context of high stress, students with high levels of intelligence were involved in significantly fewer physical fights than their less intelligent peers. These results highlight the potential for adaptation in First Nations youths, and suggest a direction for future research that accentuates adaptation instead of pathology. Thesis First Nations Theses Canada/Thèses Canada (Library and Archives Canada) |
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Variables that promote resilience, adaptive functioning despite adversity, were examined in 37 First Nations adolescents from a remote region in Northern-Quebec. Intelligence, and social perspective coordination, the ability to negotiate the self's and other's points of view in social situations, were offered as moderators of the effect of stress on competence. Competence was defined as developmentally-appropriate functioning in academic, behavioural, and social domains, and stress was operationalized as a combination of negative life events and demographic stressors. Better intellectual functioning and perspective coordination abilities were commensurate with elevated levels of academic performance and positive classroom behaviours. Additionally, intelligence served a protective function in the relationship between stress and fighting behaviour. In the context of high stress, students with high levels of intelligence were involved in significantly fewer physical fights than their less intelligent peers. These results highlight the potential for adaptation in First Nations youths, and suggest a direction for future research that accentuates adaptation instead of pathology. |
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Pathways to resilience in First Nations youth from a remote community : a case for the ameliorative effects of intelligence and social perspective coordination |
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Pathways to resilience in First Nations youth from a remote community : a case for the ameliorative effects of intelligence and social perspective coordination |
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Pathways to resilience in First Nations youth from a remote community : a case for the ameliorative effects of intelligence and social perspective coordination |
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Pathways to resilience in First Nations youth from a remote community : a case for the ameliorative effects of intelligence and social perspective coordination |
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Pathways to resilience in First Nations youth from a remote community : a case for the ameliorative effects of intelligence and social perspective coordination |
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pathways to resilience in first nations youth from a remote community : a case for the ameliorative effects of intelligence and social perspective coordination |
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