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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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66596 2023-05-15T14:19:21+02:00 Notes on Culture Change and Personality Adjustment Among the North Alaska Eskimos Chance, Norman A. 1963-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66596 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66596/50509 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66596 ARCTIC; Vol. 16 No. 4 (1963): December: 213–292; 264-270 1923-1245 0004-0843 Gender differences info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1963 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:26Z 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 University of Calgary Journal Hosting ARCTIC 16 4 264 |
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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. |
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