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      Māori men: An indigenous psychological perspective on the interconnected self

      Rua, Mohi; Hodgetts, Darrin; Stolte, Ottilie Emma Elisabeth
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      Rua, M., Hodgetts, D., & Stolte, O. E. E. (2017). Māori men: An indigenous psychological perspective on the interconnected self. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 46(3), 55–63.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12670
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      The positive relational practices of Māori men are seldom explored in academic research. Responding to this gap in the literature, this article explores how Māori men negotiate a positive sense of self and relationships. This research is guided by kaupapa Māori research practice, Māori cultural concepts, and relational understandings of identity and wellbeing. Our ethnographic approach involved direct observations, engagement in shared cultural practices and narrative interviews. During these interactions, participating men invoked a positive sense of self through accounts of belonging, reciprocity, dialogue, intimacy, and care for themselves, their whānau, and traditions. We found that Māori men's identities are negotiated through interactions with whānau (immediate and extended family), and particular places and practices. Our participants demonstrated how Māori men’s positive self-constructions are fundamentally interconnected with other people, cultural traditions, socio-cultural practices, physical and symbolic places, as well as their own health and the health of those around them.
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      2017
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      Journal Article
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      New Zealand Psychological Society
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