Journal article
The impact of kin support on urban American Indian families
Abstract
Abstract Scholars believe that family ties extending out to previous generations, called kin support, may have allowed A merican I ndians to withstand traumatic events. Although a series of traumatic and historical events disrupted the social structures of family life, kin support was found to be a major factor in the survival of A merican I ndians. This study utilized the F ragile F amilies and C hild W ellbeing S tudy to compare A merican I …
Authors
Limb GE; Shafer K; Sandoval K
Journal
Child & Family Social Work, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 432–442
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
November 2014
DOI
10.1111/cfs.12041
ISSN
1356-7500