title: Divided and disconnected--an examination of youths' experiences with emotional distress within the context of their everyday lives.
abstract: This paper is based on a qualitative study conducted in a rural community in British Columbia, Canada. Ethnographic methods were used to: (1) to bring youth voice to the literature on emotional distress; and (2) to capture the ways in which context shapes young peoples' experiences of emotional distress within their everyday lives. Our findings demonstrate how socio-structural contextual factors such as the local economy, geographical segregation, racism, ageism, and cutbacks in health and social service programming operate to create various forms of disconnection, and intersect in young peoples' lives to shape their experiences of emotional distress.
authors: University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, T201-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 2B5. Electronic address: emily.jenkins@alumni.ubc.ca.
authors: Emily K
authors: EK
authors: Jenkins
authors: University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, T201-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 2B5. Electronic address: joy_johnson@sfu.ca.
authors: Joy L
authors: JL
authors: Johnson
authors: University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, T201-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 2B5. Electronic address: vicky.bungay@ubc.ca.
authors: Vicky
authors: V
authors: Bungay
authors: Western University, School of Health Studies, Arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Building, Rm. 222, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9. Electronic address: akothari@uwo.ca.
authors: Anita
authors: A
authors: Kothari
authors: University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, T201-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 2B5. Electronic address: elizabeth.saewyc@ubc.ca.
authors: Elizabeth M
authors: EM
authors: Saewyc
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D036301:Qualitative Research; D063505:Racism; D012424:Rural Population; D013315:Stress, Psychological
keywords: Context; Emotional distress; Mental health; Rural; Youth