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dc.contributor.authorSun, Jing
dc.contributor.authorBuys, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorTatow, Dion
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Lindsay
dc.contributor.editorCharles Duke
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:17:51Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:17:51Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2012-08-08T23:44:02Z
dc.identifier.issn21631948
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/46109
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to examine psychosocial factors associated with mental health and emotional well-being difficulties in a group of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults. A self-reported survey was administered to 155 par-ticipants aged 18-80 from five Indigenous communities, who were recruited through local Aboriginal Community Con-trolled Health Services. Stress, resilience, mental health and emotional well-being were measured. Structural Equation Modelling was used to analyse the association of stress and resilience with mental health and emotional well-being difficul-ties. Seventy-eight participants had no mental health or emotional well-being difficulties but 77 participants were at risk. Low levels of resilience emerged as a key psychosocial factor associated with mental health and emotional well-being dif-ficulties while high levels of resilience were associated with a reduced risk. High levels of stress was related to an increased risk of experiencing mental health and emotional well-being difficulties. Improving our understanding of psychological characteristics associated with resilience in the face of stress can inform prevention and treatment interventions for stress-exposed individuals. Keywords Depression, Social And Emotional Wellbeing Difficulties, Resilience, Mental Health
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherScientific and Academic Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.publisher.urihttp://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.ijpbs.20120201.06.html
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom38
dc.relation.ispartofpageto45
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
dc.relation.ispartofvolume2
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMental Health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode111714
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1701
dc.titleOngoing Health Inequality in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population in Australia: Stressful Event, Resilience, and Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being Difficulties
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Medicine
gro.rights.copyright© 2012 Scientific & Academic Publishing. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2012
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gro.griffith.authorBuys, Nicholas J.
gro.griffith.authorSun, Jing


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