Cultural connectedness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents

Research partner(s)
Education Queensland Transition Support Service
James Cook University

This Project aims to investigate the ways in which the cultural determinants of health and well-being sustained the development of healthy psychosocial resilience for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents.

Objectives     

  • Establish the role cultural connectedness plays in negotiating the pathways to psychosocial resilience for Indigenous adolescents.
  • Quantitatively determine the differential influence of risks and protective factors for psychosocial resilience, including cultural connectedness, suicide and educational engagement.      
  • Integrate findings into professional practice.  

Output(s)

There are no listed outputs for this project.