Tribal Identity, Pain Interference, and Substance Use Among American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Substance use is high among American Indian/Alaska Native adolescents. Pain interference is a risk factor for substance use, and identifying potential protective factors, such as Tribal identity, is important to help inform culturally grounded substance use prevention strategies.

Objective

To examine the protective potential of Tribal identity as a moderator in the association between pain interference and substance use in American Indian/Alaska Native adolescents.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study of 10th-grade students self-identifying as American Indian/Alaska Native was conducted among students enrolled at 20 high schools on or near the Cherokee Nation Reservation. Data for this study were collected from the baseline assessmen

SUBMITTER: Jagtiani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11420823 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature