A beacon for information: youth narratives on school-based anxiety prevention

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dc.contributor.authorFelix, Andrea
dc.contributor.supervisorHoskins, Marie L.
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-27T18:41:35Z
dc.date.available2017-04-27T18:41:35Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_US
dc.date.issued2017-04-27
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Child and Youth Care
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe newly revised 2017-2018 British Columbian high school curriculum, as a prevention education response to a growing concern around children and youths’ mental health, indicates that students will learn the signs and symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression and be able to explain strategies to promote mental well-being (Province of British Columbia, 2016). Youth voices may help in shaping this curriculum objective. This study explores the meaning that five high school students, who were trained to facilitate an anxiety-prevention program, make of the problem of anxiety and prevention through their narratives, applying a narrative methodology and analysis. These youth narratives do not provide a singular explanation, truth or understanding of anxiety; like all narratives, they hold multiple truths. The youth narratives are drawn from the participants’ local experiential knowledge as well as prevailing discourses that shape their understanding. The types of narratives in this inquiry include: i) the quest for problem-free childhoods; ii) the genesis of knowledge; and iii) overcoming giant stigma by connecting. There are implications and considerations pulled from the narratives, including how a prevailing psychologized discourse may obscure contextual factors in making sense of anxiety and prevention. This inquiry may help educators and other professionals to imagine what else could be possible in conceptualizing the problem of anxiety and implementing prevention programs. It is hoped that this study will add to the current dialogue around prevention and support strategies in British Columbian schools and beyond.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0525en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0680en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0519en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0533en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0347en_US
dc.description.proquestemailarfelix3@gmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/8004
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectanxietyen_US
dc.subjectyouthen_US
dc.subjectnarrative methodologyen_US
dc.subjectFRIENDS for Lifeen_US
dc.subjectschool-based preventionen_US
dc.subjectBC Schoolsen_US
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.subjectsocial constructionismen_US
dc.subjectpeer counsellorsen_US
dc.subjectyouth leadershipen_US
dc.subjectanxiety preventionen_US
dc.subjectnarrative analysisen_US
dc.titleA beacon for information: youth narratives on school-based anxiety preventionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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