The conceptualization of mistreatment by older American Indians.
The conceptualization of mistreatment by older American Indians.
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美国年长印第安人虐待的概念化。
DOI：
10.1080/08946566.2016.1249816
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
TheShieldingAmericanIndianEldersProjectTeam
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作者：
JervisPhD,LoriL;Sconzert-HallMa,William;TheShieldingAmericanIndianEldersProjectTeam
如何将虐待老年人概念化的问题可以追溯到几十年前，对少数民族人口尤其重要，他们的观点可能与主流社会不同。这项以社区为基础的参与性研究调查了100名城市和农村老年美国印第安人对家庭虐待的看法，使人们得以一窥土著老年人自己如何理解这一问题。在这里，良好的待遇被概念化为被照顾，满足一个人的需求和被尊重。我们发现相对较高的标准，如何对待老年人，如相信老年人的需要应预期和满足，而无需老人问，在面对广泛的帐户虐待老年人在社区内，主要是通过各种行为的经济剥削和忽视。物质滥用和文化的丧失被归咎于当代土著社区发生的虐待老人的行为。
The problem of how to conceptualize elder mistreatment goes back several decades, and is especially important for ethnic minority populations, who may have perspectives that differ from the dominant society. This community-based participatory research study, which examined perceptions of mistreatment by family among 100 urban and rural older American Indians, permits a rare glimpse into how Native elders themselves understand this issue. Here, good treatment was conceptualized in terms of being taken care of, having one’s needs met, and being respected. We found relatively high standards for how elders should be treated—such as the belief that an elder’s needs should be anticipated and met without the elder needing to ask—in the face of widespread accounts of the mistreatment of elders within the community, largely through various acts of financial exploitation and neglect. Substance abuse and culture loss were blamed formuch of the elder mistreatment occurring in contemporary Native communities.