Continuity and Change in the Life Story: A Longitudinal Study of Autobiographical Memories in Emerging Adulthood

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dc.contributor.authorMcAdams, D.P
dc.contributor.authorBauer, J.J
dc.contributor.authorApril, R
dc.contributor.authorAnyidoho, N.A
dc.contributor.authorMachado, M.A
dc.contributor.authorMagrino-Failla, K
dc.contributor.authorWhite, K.W
dc.contributor.authorPals, J.L
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-02T14:38:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-14T14:47:43Z
dc.date.available2016-08-02T14:38:17Z
dc.date.available2017-10-14T14:47:43Z
dc.date.issued2006-10
dc.description.abstractIf a person’s internalized and evolving life story (narrative identity) is to be considered an integral feature of personality itself, then aspects of that story should manifest some continuity over time while also providing evidence regarding important personality change. Accordingly, college freshmen and seniors provided detailed written accounts of 10 key scenes in their life stories, and they repeated the same procedure 3 months and then 3 years later. The accounts were content analyzed for reliable narrative indices employed in previous studies of life stories: emotional tone, motivational themes (agency, communion, personal growth), and narrative complexity. The results showed substantial continuity over time for narrative complexity and positive (vs. negative) emotional tone and moderate but still significant continuity for themes of agency and growth. In addition, emerging adults (1) constructed more emotionally positive stories and showed (2) greater levels of emotional nuance and self-differentiation and (3) greater understanding of their own personal development in the 4th year of the study compared to the 1st year. The study is the first to demonstrate both temporal continuity and developmentalen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://197.255.68.203/handle/123456789/8541
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing, Inc.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of Personality;74:5
dc.subjectContinuityen_US
dc.subjectChangeen_US
dc.subjectLongitudinal Studyen_US
dc.subjectAutobiographical Memoriesen_US
dc.subjectEmerging Adulthooden_US
dc.titleContinuity and Change in the Life Story: A Longitudinal Study of Autobiographical Memories in Emerging Adulthooden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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