Native American Children and Youth Well-Being Indicators

Table 4 provides an analysis of the ThreeDomains of Native American Well-BeingIndicators Model in comparison with the Five LifeDomains. Each of the Five Life Domains is listed,and the number of indicators from the ThreeDomains Model is shown.The analysis of the Three Domains of NativeAmerican Well-Being Indicators Model in comparisonwith the Five Life Domains indicates thatcivil life skills were essential to Native Americans(n = 17) with social connections following in orderof importance (n = 7). It was surprising that noneof the Three Domains of Native American Well-Being Indicators Model behaviors were includedin children’s subculture. This analysis maychange based on another person’s evaluationof the proposed indicators.This serves as a beginning attempt to compareindicators and subcategories with those of better-knownmodels. There were some commoncharacteristics but not always. These two frameworks(40 Developmental Assets and Five LifeDomains) are based on assumptions from thecompartmentalized worldview; therefore, classifyingspiritual issues was more difficult. The comparisonbetween the two asset models presentsevidence that there is a need for indicators basedon the relational worldview; hence, the developmentof the Three Domains of Native AmericanWell-Being Indicators Model discussed earlierin this paper.TABLE 4. SUMMARY OF COMPARISON BETWEEN THREE DOMAINS OFNATIVE AMERICAN WELL-BEING INDICATORS MODEL AND FIVE LIFEDOMAINS (BOWER-ANDREWS & BEN-ARIEH, 1999).NAME OF LIFE DOMAINFREQUENCY OF BEHAVIORSSocial connections 7Civil life skills 17Personal life skills 2Safety and physical status 1Children’s subculture 0Total 2741