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Amy Bombay

Associate Professor, Dalhousie University
Verified email at dal.ca
Cited by 2781

The intergenerational effects of Indian Residential Schools: Implications for the concept of historical trauma

A Bombay, K Matheson… - Transcultural psychiatry, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The current paper reviews research that has explored the intergenerational effects of the
Indian Residential School (IRS) system in Canada, in which Aboriginal children were forced to …

Intergenerational trauma: Convergence of multiple processes among First Nations peoples in Canada

A Bombay, K Matheson… - International Journal of …, 2009 - jps.library.utoronto.ca
Stressful events may have immediate effects on well-being, and by influencing appraisal
processes, coping methods, life styles, parental behaviours, as well as behavioural and …

The impact of stressors on second generation Indian residential school survivors

A Bombay, K Matheson… - Transcultural psychiatry, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
From 1863 to 1996, many Aboriginal children in Canada were forced to attend Indian Residential
Schools (IRSs), where many experienced neglect, abuse, and the trauma of separation …

Decomposing identity: differential relationships between several aspects of ethnic identity and the negative effects of perceived discrimination among First Nations …

A Bombay, K Matheson, H Anisman - Cultural Diversity and Ethnic …, 2010 - psycnet.apa.org
The present investigation examined the relationship between perceived discrimination and
depressive symptoms among First Nations adults in Canada (N= 220). It was considered that …

Appraisals of discriminatory events among adult offspring of Indian residential school survivors: the influences of identity centrality and past perceptions of …

A Bombay, K Matheson, H Anisman - Cultural diversity and ethnic …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
As part of a government policy of assimilation beginning in the mid-1800s, a large proportion
of Aboriginal children in Canada were forcibly removed from their homes to attend Indian …

Suicide ideation and attempts among First Nations peoples living on-reserve in Canada: The intergenerational and cumulative effects of Indian residential schools

RJ McQuaid, A Bombay, OA McInnis… - The Canadian …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Suicide rates among Indigenous peoples in Canada are at least twice that of their
non-Indigenous counterparts. Although contemporary stressors contribute to this increased …

[PDF][PDF] Origins of lateral violence in Aboriginal communities

A Bombay, K Matheson, H Anisman - A preliminary study of student-to …, 2014 - ahf.ca
“Hope has a great power…. When we face failures, hope can be medicine that can heal the
wounds… and make us to go live the life and attain success in life.” Author unknown Along …

Reframing narratives of Aboriginal health inequity: Exploring Cree elder resilience and well-being in contexts of historical trauma

…, M Desjardins, A Bombay - Qualitative Health …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
A large body of literature explores historical trauma or intergenerational trauma among
Aboriginal communities around the globe. This literature connects contemporary forms of social …

[HTML][HTML] Traumatic experiences, perceived discrimination, and psychological distress among members of various socially marginalized groups

K Matheson, MD Foster, A Bombay… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Perceived discrimination has consistently been shown to be associated with diminished
mental health, but the psychological processes underlying this link are less well understood. …

Socioeconomic inequalities in health among Indigenous peoples living off-reserve in Canada: trends and determinants

M Hajizadeh, M Hu, A Bombay, Y Asada - Health Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Using three nationally representative Aboriginal Peoples Surveys (2001, 2006 and 2012, n
= 68,040), we examined income-related inequalities in self-perceived poor/fair general …