CAPSTONE by Noori Agarwal

QUESTION

nooriagarwal792 — 2025-10-02 06:03:17 UTC

A team of psychologists wants to conduct research to measure the mental health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in regional and remote Victoria during the Voice to Parliament debate. The members of the research are non-Indigenous registered psychologists. They propse to use a brief distress scale to identify people who may be experiencing mental ill-health and to conduct interviews with participants to understand the factors that affect their experiences of mental wellbeing.

Drawing on your knowledge of the First Nations’ Framework of Social and Emotional Wellbeing and the APS Apology to Aboriginal and First Nations peoples, explain the factors that the psychologists should consider when designing interview questions and their approach to conducting interviews with First Nations people about their experiences of mental wellbeing.

2025-10-03 05:48:10 UTC

Social

historical

political

Aware of specific group diversity

Approach elders

Family/group interviews

2025-10-03 05:50:21 UTC

Not getting them to retell the traumatic experience

Considering broader factors like family, friends, community, kinships and cultural

Ensure culturally safe environment

2025-10-03 05:53:57 UTC

using the k5 as a measure of distress, not k6 or k10 which contains words that may be offensive to First Nations people

asking about cultural determinants/inner circle: what are their strengths, who can they go to for support

2025-10-03 06:13:51 UTC

Know the cultural and historical contexts