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- Title
Integrating self and experience in narrative as a route to adolescent identity construction.
- Authors
Pasupathi, Monisha; Weeks, Trisha L.
- Abstract
The authors outline the concept of self-event relations and propose that adolescents accomplish narrative identity construction in part by building relations between self and experience as they tell stories about their lives. They outline different types of self-event relations and consider how they contribute to building a sense of identity. They then examine the likely developmental trajectory of self-event relations from childhood through adolescence. Finally, the authors consider the importance of conversational narration in allowing expert adults, especially parents, to help adolescents acquire skills in constructing self-event relations. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Subjects
IDENTITY (Psychology); SELF-perception; SERVICES for teenagers; ADOLESCENT psychology research; CHILDREN &; philosophy; ABILITY in children
- Publication
New Directions for Child & Adolescent Development, 2011, Vol 2011, Issue 131, p31
- ISSN
1520-3247
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cd.287