Resilience in Times of Economic Boom and Bust: A Narrative Study of a Rural Population Dependent upon the Oil and Gas Industry.
Adult resilience
Boom and bust economic cycles
Life-story construct
Narrative analysis
Oil and gas industry
Journal
Journal of adult development
ISSN: 1068-0667
Titre abrégé: J Adult Dev
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9418453
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
accepted:
02
10
2020
entrez:
1
11
2021
pubmed:
2
11
2021
medline:
2
11
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
How do residents of small towns that depend on oil and gas extraction or processing industries withstand economic boom and bust cycles? To answer this question, this article reports on a narrative analysis of residents' life stories gathered from 37 adults of a small town on the Canadian prairies dependent on the oil and gas industry, employing the theories of narrative inquiry and narrative identity. Participants aged 30 to 76 were interviewed and their experiences of living in an unstable economy that is dependent mostly on a single resource extraction industry were explored. Specifically, we asked participants about the effect of economic change on factors related to resilience like family interactions, work choices, educational pathways, and the quality of their social lives. Our analysis of adult narratives looked for patterns in the relationship between risk exposure, promotive and protective factors at multiple systemic levels (individual, relational, cultural), and functional outcomes such as individual coping, community cohesion, and social and economic sustainability. Results show that a strong identity, in particular expressions of personal agency, communion, and engagement in meaning making are contributing factors to adult resilience in a context of economic change. Our results also highlight how positive attitudes towards a better future may inadvertently undermine the need for residents of oil and gas-dependent towns to commit to economic diversification and other potential resilience-promoting strategies.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34720567
doi: 10.1007/s10804-020-09363-z
pii: 9363
pmc: PMC8550031
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
149-161Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interestWe have no known conflict of interest to disclose.
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