PSYC 332 Chapter N/A: PSYC 332- McAdams Life Narratives

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 332
• Professor: Richard Koestner

Document Summary

Narrative identity = internalized and evoking life story, integrating reconstructed past and present in recent studies, we"ve paid attention to psychological adaptation and development. Assessment: ask participants to tell extended stories about scenes or periods in their own lives code. Outcomes: middle aged adults who score high on self-reported generativity strong commitment to improving society and promoting well-being of future generations. Have stories that showcase many instances of redemption sequences. [look at table 1 for examples notice the different coding constructs: agency, communion, redemption, contamination, meaning making, exploratory narrative processing, coherent positive resolution] When they were able to articulate detailed and thoughtful accounts of loss and struggle they scored higher on independent indices of psychological maturity + increased maturity over the following 2 years. Ppl who scored higher on independent measures of psychological maturity constructed story accounts that focused on learning, growth, and positive personal transformation.