ObjectiveThis study draws on life narrative data and an intersectional framework to explore features of narratives around structural domains, aiming to better understand the possible impacts of these domains on identity.MethodThrough in‐depth semi‐structured interviews with 177 young adults from primarily minoritized groups (73% Asian American or Latine, 59% Women, Median Parent Income = $50,001 to $75,000), we gathered 885 life narratives. Young adults narrated a domain‐general, ethnic/racial, gender, social class, and intersectional experience. Features capturing the content (Presence of Structural Domains, Connection to and Between Structural Domains) and process (Meaning Making, Affective Tone) of narratives were explored.ResultsStructural domains manifested uniquely within narratives such that ethnicity/race was discussed most frequently across narratives, whereas gender and social class were mentioned more in narratives about those domains. Additionally, Meaning Making was highest in self‐defining narratives and positively correlated with the number of structural domains present within and across narratives. Affective Tone was most positive in self‐defining narratives and most negative in social class narratives, which also contained the lowest Connection to Structural Domain.ConclusionThis study combines an intersectional framework and life narrative data to understand how structural domains manifest within young adults' experiences, revealing how those domains are interconnected and may impact identity.

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使用交叉性来理解结构域如何嵌入生活叙事中


目的本研究利用生活叙事数据和交叉框架来探索围绕结构域的叙事特征，旨在更好地了解这些域对身份的可能影响。方法通过对 177 名来自主要少数族裔群体的年轻人（73% 亚裔美国人或拉丁裔，59% 女性，父母收入中位数 = 50,001 美元至 75,000 美元）进行深入的半结构化访谈，我们收集了 885 个生活叙述。年轻人讲述了一个领域-一般、民族/种族、性别、社会阶层和交叉经历。探讨了捕捉叙事内容（结构域的存在、结构域之间的联系）和过程（意义构建、情感基调）的特征。结果结构领域在叙事中表现出独特性，因此民族/种族在叙事中被讨论得最频繁，而性别和社会阶层在关于这些领域的叙述中被提及更多。此外，意义建构在自我定义的叙事中最高，并且与叙事内部和叙事之间存在的结构域数量呈正相关。情感语气在自我定义的叙事中最积极，在社会阶层叙事中最消极，与结构领域的联系也最低。