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Indigenous & Cross-Cultural Psych - Coggle Diagram
Indigenous & Cross-Cultural Psych
Cross-cultural
Interaction between culture & behaviour
Culture
Shared way of life of group of people - shared beliefs, values, 'thinking', 'doing', rules/habits/customs
Affects development & display of behaviour
Similarities &
differences
in
behaviour
&
mental life
Different cultural & ethnocultural groups OR 1 group
Sociocultural, ecological, biological variables
Emergent - no agreed definition
How
behaviour
can be
predicted
Why important?
Previous research didn't consider culture
Theories & therapies relevant?
Adapt tests / methodologies
Indigenous
Understand
behaviour
through culturally
relevant
methodology
Research
& interpret
results
in culturally relevant way
May focus on local regions, culturally unique psych concepts
Why important?
Unique, across the world
Low-income
Overcome Western biases
Impact of Colonisation on Trauma
Background
Original inhabitants > 50k years (1M in 1788)
Diverse - no single culture / people, 200+ languages
Connection to kinship, country & community essential to identity & wellbeing
3% population (90% Aboriginal, 3% TSI)
Colonisation
Impact historically & now
Different for TSI
Massacre & displacement
-> loss of connection to land & kin
->
loss of identity
->
trauma
Legislation
1905 WA Aborigines Act
(oppressive - control, assimilate, erase culture)
White Australia policy
(forced to marry to remove skin colour)
Stolen generation
(remove children of part-Aboriginal descent)
1967 Referendum
(not counted as part of population until then)
Mabo
(TSI) & Native Title
Racism
Individual
Belief in white superiority - culture & people devalued
More covert
Institutional
Laws, customs, practices, structures of organisations & institutions
Justice, health, economic, educational systems
don't consider cultural values
Impact
Low self esteem, mistrust of dominant culture, internalised racism, denial
Lived
Cumulative -> part of narrative
Affects behaviour & understanding of life
Cultural
Resilient!
Wellbeing of indigenous people
Social
Lower employment, education, income, home owndership
More imprisonment (14x), death in custody, child protection, homicide (6x), family violence, victimisation (2x)
Health
2x mortality, 10+y shorter life expectancy
Emotional
Higher psych distress - 2x suicide rate
Intergenerational trauma - experienced now
Discriminated & most disadvantaged group in Australia
TSI
Better education, employment, income than A,
but worse than / same as non-A
Same disadvantages as A: racism, ignorance, lack of recognition & representation, hostility from A