What's love got to do with it? "Love" and Alcohol Use among U.S. Indigenous Peoples: Aligning Research with Real-world Experiences.

This research examines how Indigenous families report experiences of love (a component of family resilience) and its association with urgent health disparity of alcohol abuse. This exploratory mixed-methods first identified emergent results from qualitative data (n=436), which was then explored with follow-up and quantitative data (n =127) from a sample of Indigenous families in two Southeastern tribes. Love was a highly salient qualitative theme and component of family resilience. Quantitative results revealed cross-generational changes in family resilience, which was negatively associated with alcohol use. Current families may be transcending the effects of historical oppression and expressing love and family resilience.