%0 Journal Article
%T Understanding Adolescent Narratives About ¡°Bullying¡± Through an Intersectional Lens: Implications for Youth Mental Health Interventions
%A Cara K. Y. Ng
%A Carla T. Hilario
%A Emily K. Jenkins
%A Joy L. Johnson
%A Rebecca J. Haines-Saah
%J Youth & Society
%@ 1552-8499
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0044118X15621465
%X 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
%K adolescence
%K intersectionality
%K peer-based aggression
%K ¡°bullying¡±
%K narrative analysis
%K mental health
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0044118X15621465