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Research Articles

Advantages of Stress Process Approaches for Measuring Historical Trauma

, Ph.D. & , Ph.D.
Pages 416-420 | Published online: 29 Aug 2012
 

Abstract

Despite growing attention to historical trauma (HT) as a key mechanism for documented Indigenous health disparities like alcohol abuse, the complexities of conceptualizing and measuring HT-related constructs have limited empirical tests of these relationships. In this article, we review the current evidence surrounding one HT measure: the Historical Loss Scale. In addition, we provide examples of the benefits of treating historical cultural losses as stressors within sociological and Indigenous stress process models of health.

Notes

1. Walters and colleagues (Citation12) reported findings using only two items from the original historical loss scale.

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