2018, Vol.45, No.

인문논총 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.42

pISSN : 2005-6222 / eISSN : 2713-7511
https://journal.kci.go.kr/ifhs

This paper aims at demonstrating that the portraits of contemporary American Indians in his works resist the fossilized and stereotypical images of Indians, and even go beyond the ethnical boundaries set by ‘traditional’ American Indian literature. After sketching out the lines of criticism on seemingly stereotypical characters by some American Indian writers and scholars, this paper examines how the Spokane writer engages with the controversial idea of ‘Indian’ and ‘Indianness’ in his fiction, especially in The Toughest Indian in the World (2000). As this paper proposes, Alexie’s unflinchingly bold representation of new, unexpected Indian characters informs his serious quest for Indian identity. It should be also considered as a literary strategy because they illustrate ways of resisting any easy definitions or colonial labels of contemporary Native people in the US. For example, Etta Joseph in “Dear John Wayne” is subversive in that her story twists a colonial relationship between a white man and an ‘Indian princess.’

This study analyzed variables’ relationships among university students’ father attachment, adult attachment, and interpersonal competence by applying a structural equation model. In a survey of 338 university students, males were shown to have more stable father and adult attachment than females. Student groups having fathers with higher educational backgrounds and classes, and groups having fathers with professions or office jobs showed higher degrees and quality of father-child communication than other groups. A university student’s father attachment has a positive effect on adult attachment and interpersonal competence, while a university student’s adult attachment has a negative effect on interpersonal competence.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of integrated parent intervention for children with ADHD in changing the behavior of children with ADHD and reducing parental stress. In this study, three groups comparison design was applied. For the experimental group 1, social skill integrated intervention focusing on parent - centered parent counseling was applied. In the compared group 2, social skill integrated intervention focusing on child - centered parent education was applied. The controlled group only conducted social skills training for the children. For the analysis, pre - post – after post test was applied. As a result, the experimental( parent counseling) group 1 showed a significant change of parenting behaviors compared with other groups. In particular, integrated intervention was effective to improve parental behaviors and alleviated parenting stress and children’ problematic behaviors. The implication of this study on practice and policy was discussed.