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- Title
The narrative structure of stressful interpersonal events.
- Authors
Ho, Ivy K.; Newton, Tamara L.; McCabe, Allyssa
- Abstract
Narrating personal experiences helps people make sense of them and contributes to improved well-being. However, little is known about how people recount stressful experiences that are interpersonal in nature. In this study, middle-aged North American women (N = 36), with lifetime histories of victimization, provided accounts of a recent stressful interpersonal event. High Point Analysis was applied to analyze the narratives. The majority (55%) of narratives were characterized by extensive evaluative content, categorized as End at High Point. The next most common (38%) category of responses were Emotional Narratives, characterized by a concentration of evaluative statements with little or no complicating action. Thus, participants' memories of their stressful interpersonal events were caught in an unresolved, emotionally charged, limbo. Results reveal a novel approach to analyzing narratives of interpersonal stressors, and shed light on the relationship between victimization histories and narration of interpersonal experiences.
- Subjects
HIGH Point (N.C.); LIFE change events; AMERICANS
- Publication
Narrative Inquiry, 2020, Vol 30, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1387-6740
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1075/ni.18088.ho