Culturally relevant stressors and protective factors are vital to understanding and effectively supporting Native American/Alaska Native (NA/AN) college students' mental health and well-being. This study examined the theorized pathways among historical loss, well-being, psychological distress, and the proposed cultural buffer of ethnic identity in the indigenist stress-coping model (ISCM). Cross-sectional data were collected via online survey and analyzed using structural equation modeling. Participants were a national sample of 242 NA/AN college students. Participants were predominantly women (n = 185; 76%) and median age was 21 years. Partial support was found for the ISCM. Participants reported frequent thoughts of historical loss, which were associated with lower well-being and higher levels of psychological distress. Ethnic identity moderated the relationship between historical loss and well-being such that those with stronger ethnic identities reported a weaker relationship between historical loss and lower well-being. Results underscore the importance of culturally specific risk and protective factors in NA/AN college students' resiliency and inform needed interventions and systemic change in higher education. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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历史失落对美国原住民大学生心理健康的影响：种族认同的保护作用。

文化相关的压力源和保护因素对于理解和有效支持美洲原住民/阿拉斯加原住民 (NA/AN) 大学生的心理健康和福祉至关重要。本研究探讨了历史损失、幸福感、心理困扰以及原住民压力应对模型（ISCM）中拟议的种族认同文化缓冲之间的理论路径。通过在线调查收集横截面数据，并使用结构方程模型进行分析。参与者是全国 242 名 NA/AN 大学生样本。参与者主要为女性（n = 185；76%），中位年龄为 21 岁。ISCM 获得部分支持。参与者经常报告历史损失的想法，这与较低的幸福感和较高的心理困扰有关。种族认同调节了历史损失和幸福感之间的关系，使得那些具有较强种族认同的人报告历史损失和较低幸福感之间的关系较弱。结果强调了文化特定风险和保护因素对 NA/AN 大学生弹性的重要性，并为高等教育中所需的干预措施和系统性变革提供了信息。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。