Table 1.

Descriptive Overview of Selected Articles (N = 8)

	Authors	Field	Concepts and Theories	Participants	Method
1	Denham (2008)	Health Sciences/Behavioral	Implied life course – Historical trauma and resilience	Four generations within one family	Qualitative
2	Jackson & Chapleski (2000)	Social Sciences/Gerontology & Anthropology	Life course theory – Cohort & Native American Ethnicity	Elders	Mixed
3	McCloskey (1998)	Social Sciences/Anthropology	Life course theory – Cohort & cultural resilience-persistence	Three generations of women	Qualitative
4	Mohatt, Rasmus, Thomas, Allen, Hazel, & Marlatt (2008)	Health Sciences/Behavioral	Implied life course – recovery process and resilience	Three generations	Qualitative
5	Quintero (2000)	Social Sciences/Behavioral	Life course theory, recovery process and resilience	Adult men	Qualitative
6	Walls & Whitbeck (2012)	Health Sciences/Behavioral	Life course theory and Historical trauma	Three generations within families	Quantitative
7	Weibel-Orlando (1988)	Social Sciences/Gerontology	Implied life course – Ethnicity, aging and culture	Elders	Qualitative
8	Wexler (2014)	Health Sciences/Behavioral	Implied life course – Historical trauma and resilience theory	Three generations	Qualitative