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Mapping nondominant voices into understanding stress‐coping mechanisms
Author(s) -
Iwasaki Yoshitaka,
Bartlett Judith,
MacKay Kelly,
Mactavish Jennifer,
Ristock Janice
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.20251
Subject(s) - intersectionality , coping (psychology) , stressor , psychology , social psychology , narrative , minority stress , gender studies , developmental psychology , sociology , clinical psychology , linguistics , philosophy , sexual minority , sexual orientation
Abstract This study reports key findings from a research project, which examined the stress and coping mechanisms of several nondominant groups of individuals. The groups were based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and included (a) Aboriginal individuals with diabetes, (b) individuals with disabilities, and (c) gays and lesbians. Our analyses of personal narratives and life stories have led to develop an interpretive map of findings that depicts mechanisms of how stress and coping operate. Specifically, the interpretive map consists of personal and structural stressors, meanings of stress , and personal and structural resources , as well as of two constructs termed intersectionality and social exclusion . Not only are nondominant voices and lived experiences recognized and incorporated into an emergent interpretive map, but this map also articulates the complex ways in which multiple identities intersect (i.e., intersectionality) and the realities of being excluded socioeconomically, culturally, and politically among nondominant groups (i.e., social exclusion). © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.