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Personality assessment and Native Americans.

R H Dana1

  • 1University of Arkansas, USA.

Journal of Personality Assessment
|October 1, 1986
PubMed
Summary

Culturally inappropriate personality assessments for Native Americans require a new framework. This framework emphasizes cultural knowledge, appropriate techniques, and indigenous providers for effective services.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Cultural Psychiatry
  • Indigenous Studies

Background:

  • Personality assessment services for Native Americans have historically been culturally inappropriate and underutilized.
  • Existing assessment methods often fail to account for the unique cultural contexts of Native American populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a framework for culturally appropriate personality assessment for Native Americans.
  • To address the underutilization of services due to cultural insensitivity.

Main Methods:

  • Describing a framework encompassing cultural knowledge, assessment techniques, assessor characteristics, and relationship style.
  • Discussing emic and etic approaches for different assessment functions.
  • Highlighting the role of acculturation measures and awareness of their effects.

Main Results:

  • The proposed framework aims to improve the cultural appropriateness and utilization of personality assessment services.
  • A biopsychosocial model for service delivery, integrated with community resources, is suggested for enhanced effectiveness.
  • Temporary improvements can be achieved through acculturation measures, but long-term solutions require systemic change.

Conclusions:

  • Genuine professional commitment to recruiting and training indigenous assessment service providers is crucial.
  • Ameliorations in techniques and service delivery alone are insufficient without dedicated indigenous professionals.
  • A comprehensive, culturally sensitive approach is necessary for equitable mental health services for Native Americans.

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