Teresa D. LaFromboise, Ph.D.

Chair, Native American Studies Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology Stanford University lafrom@stanford.edu

Dr. LaFromboise's research interests focus on the current gaps of knowledge in the field of American Indian mental health. She has done extensive intervention work with American Indian teenagers, and is very interested in the impact of bicultural involvement in tribal cultures and the mainstream US society on American Indian family functioning. In particular, her work has focused on urban American Indian extended family functioning and how that impacts family interactions with urban Indian community members and reservation relatives. The role of diverse levels of cultural identification and exposure to acculturation pressures among various generations within American Indian extended families have also been explored. She has completed the revision of the American Indian Life Skills Development Curriculum for American Indian middle school age adolescents. While evaluating the effectiveness of this revised intervention in reducing suicidal behavior, she is conducting correlational studies of risk and protective factors associated with American Indian resilience.

She is currently conducting research on psychological and social correlates of suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior with American Indian adolescents. She has completed the revision of the American Indian Life Skills Development Curriculum for American Indian middle school age adolescents. While evaluating the effectiveness of this revised intervention in reducing suicidal behavior, she is conducting correlational studies of risk and protective factors associated with American Indian resilience.

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