TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Understanding adolescent narratives about "bullying" through an intersectional lens: implications for youth mental health interventions
JO  - Youth and society
A1  - Haines-Saah, Rebecca J.
A1  - Hilario, Carla T.
A1  - Jenkins, Emily K.
A1  - Ng, Cara K. Y.
A1  - Johnson, Joy L.
SP  - 636
EP  - 658
VL  - 50
IS  - 5
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0044-118X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0044118X15621465
ID  - ref1
ER  -