I-RISE: Indigenous racial identity and self-esteem project

• Reach:

  WA

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Completed

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The I-RISE: Indigenous racial identity and self-esteem project was conducted by Dr Cheryl Kickett-Tucker at the Aboriginal Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) in the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Western Australia. The project focused on developing a culturally appropriate measure to examine the sense of self among Indigenous Australian children, including self-concept, self-esteem, and racial identity.

Project objectives were to:

• develop a sound knowledge base of Indigenous children's sense of self, including self-esteem and identity
• utilise this knowledge to determine culturally appropriate criteria that forms Indigenous sense of self and its related constructs
• pilot the I-RISE measure with 50 urban Aboriginal children
• utilise the I-RISE measure for a full scale research project in the near future.

Abstract adapted from Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

Contacts

Centre for Research Excellence - Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
PO Box 855
West Perth WA 6872
Ph: (08) 9489 7772
Fax: (08) 9489 7700

Related publications

Kickett-Tucker C (2006)

I RISE: Indigenous racial identity & self esteem: risk and protective factors 10-12 year old West Australian Aboriginal school children.

Paper presented at the Young people's health: what's it going to take: youth health 2006. 13-15 November 2006, Sydney

• Links
• View conference presentation: I RISE: Indigenous racial identity & self esteem: risk and protective factors 10-12 year old West Australian Aboriginal school children [ppt] (PDF - 304.0 KB)
• View information: Young people's health: what's it going to take: youth health 2006
• View website: New South Wales Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health

Links

• View resource: I-RISE: Indigenous racial identity and self-esteem project - Poster (PDF - 272.6 KB)
• View information: Centre for Research Excellence - Associate Professor Cheryl Kickett-Tucker
• View information: Strengthening social and emotional wellbeing of Australian Aboriginal people: how does racial identity and related self-esteem mediate the mental wellbeing of Aboriginal people?
• View website: Centre for Research Excellence - Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing