Canada: The Impact Of Stressors On Second Generation Indian Residential School Survivors

Canada: The Impact Of Stressors On Second Generation Indian Residential School Survivors Amy Bombay, Kimberly Matheson, and Hymie Anisman, 2011   From 1863 to 1996, many Aboriginal children in Canada were forced to attend Indian Residential Schools (IRSs), where many experienced neglect, abuse, and the trauma of separation from their families and culture. The present study examined the intergenerational impact of IRS exposure on depressive symptomatology in a convenience sample of 143 First...

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