In the eye of the beholder: Risk and protective factors in rural American Indian and Caucasian adolescents

This study examines how relations Between risk and protective factors and p sychopathology vary by ethnic group, gender, and informant. Data were colle cted from Caucasian and American Indian adolescents, and their teachers. Re sults indicate a need for interventions that reduce risk increase protectiv e factors, and bring about greater convergence in the perceptions teachers and youth.