Demystifying the VIOLENT Samoan

Warrior

Siautu Alefaio-TugiaSchool of Psychology, Massey University

The danger of the warrior gene hypothesis is that if it were true then any violent behaviours exhibited by Māori could be ascribed by the uninformed to this gene in the same way that the abnormal behaviours of patients with say Brunner syndrome or Norrie disease have been blamed on abnormities in their MAO genes (Hook, 2009).

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Clinical

Social

CRISIS IN PSYCHOLOGY

DUALISTIC TENSION

TROUBLE the line of INQUIRY

New problems Understand NEW problems with ANCIENT (Indigenous) knowledge

Preliminary findings from the formative evaluation indicate that Saili Matagi is effective in facilitating changes in participants’ attitudes, beliefs and behaviour.

NEW ways of healingSAILI MATAGI