Discourses about children's mental health and developmental disorders in North American women's magazines 1990-2012

被引:2
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作者
Clarke, Juanne [1 ]
Mosleh, Donya [1 ]
Janketic, Natasa [1 ]
机构
[1] Wilfrid Laurier Univ, Dept Sociol, Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5, Canada
关键词
children; mental health; development; parenting; magazines; SURVEILLANCE; INFORMATION; MOTHERS; AUTISM; MEDIA;
D O I
10.1111/cfs.12155
中图分类号
D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
This paper describes and analyses the portrayal of children's mental health and developmental issues (CMHI) in articles located in a random sample of a selection of available high-circulating English language North American women's magazines' indexed in the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature from 1990 to 2012. It is based upon a qualitative discourse analysis. CMHI are portrayed as materially, biologically real, prevalent and growing in incidence, and severity. They are also portrayed as located in the non-normal', non-nice', disliked' and non-successful' individual child. Neither the facticity nor the biomedicalization of CMHI is questioned. The psy-scientists and practitioners cited as experts for the disorders' offer contradictory and confusing information and advice. The possible theoretical and pragmatic explanations and consequences of this portrayal are discussed.
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页码:391 / 400
页数:10
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