Understanding Adolescent Narratives About 'Bullying' Through an Intersectional Lens

Implications for Youth Mental Health Interventions

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ID2329147
AutoresRebecca J Haines-Saah (0000-0003-4174-3102, University of British Columbia, autor correspondente), Carla T Hilario (University of British Columbia), Carla Hilario (0000-0003-1182-3427, University of British Columbia), Emily K Jenkins, Emily Jenkins (0000-0003-4649-2904, University of British Columbia), Cara K Y Ng (University of British Columbia), Cara Ng (University of British Columbia), Jerry L Johnson (0000-0003-4767-6692, University of British Columbia), Joy L Johnson (University of British Columbia)
Ano2018
Volume50
Fascículo5
Páginas636-658
Data de publicação2018-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoYouth & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0044-118X • E-ISSN: 1552-8499
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0044118x15621465
OpenAlexW2287726639
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas31

This article is based on findings from a qualitative study with 27 adolescents in northern British Columbia, Canada. Our aim was to explore youths' perspectives on the sources of emotional distress in their lives and how these are connected to peer-based aggression and victimization within their community. Our analysis of narrative findings suggests that youths' narratives about bullying reflect intersecting and socially embedded configurations of 'race,' neocolonialism, and place. We argue that mainstream approaches to addressing bullying as a relationship-based problem must be re-oriented to account for the role of the social or structural contexts of youths' lives. By applying an intersectional lens, we make the case for a widening of the focus of interventions away from individual victims and perpetrators, toward a contextual approach that addresses how adolescents experience bullying as a site of health and social inequities in their community

Aggression · Developmental psychology · Distress · Mainstream · Mental health · Narrative · Peer group · Peer victimization · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support