Developing a Life Story: Constructing Relations between Self and Experience in Autobiographical Narratives

Autor/inn/en	Pasupathi, Monisha; Mansour, E.; Brubaker J. R.
Titel	Developing a Life Story: Constructing Relations between Self and Experience in Autobiographical Narratives
Quelle	In: Human Development, 50 (2007) 2-3, S.85-110 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-716X
DOI	10.1159/000100939
Schlagwörter	Personal Narratives; Adult Development; Self Actualization; Cognitive Structures; Developmental Psychology; Performance Factors; Autobiographies; Metacognition; Theory Practice Relationship; Phenomenology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erlebniserzählung; Erwachsenwerden; Self actualisation; Selbstverwirklichung; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Entwicklungspsychologie; Leistungsindikator; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie
Abstract	In this paper, we consider how the life story develops through the creation of self-event connections in narrating experiences. We first outline the ways in which such connections have been implied by existing work on the life story, and then consider the varieties of such connections that we see in our own work. That work suggests that self-event connections can construct both a stable sense of self as well as a sense of how the self has changed across time. Moreover, different types of connections have different implications for the development of the life story. We also consider developmental and other factors which make one or another type of connection more likely. Finally, we consider two issues for future work, as well as some methodological considerations involved in testing those proposals. (Author).
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