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LIFE NARRATIVE (Chapter 23) (What is Life Narratives? (set of life…
LIFE NARRATIVE
(Chapter 23)
What is Life Narratives?
set of life experiences that create the story of an individual
Past or future events
can be told in different context
in a normal day with friends
in psychoterapy
in a interview
Methods
Intensive Life Story Interview
encouragement to tell in a more coherent way about a specific situation with their own words
different Narratives styles
fairy tales
soap opera
familiar story tv show
how is the process?
the story unfold
character follws a goal
Climax
goal is reached
Story start
character do something
resolution
end of the story
Audience expect the story to be credible
Psychosocial constructions
Constructing & Telling Life narratives
to share own stories and build relations
Life Storytelling
Therapeutic role
might help coping with stress period
Integration Function
to have a coherent story to tell
Narrative Identity
from young Adolescence
start collecting his experiences
to the future adulthood
sense of unity
purpose
meaninful
Development of storytelling and Emergence Narrative Identity
Stories
human events across time
First years of life
understand that human being are goal oriented
2 years
telling autobiographical stories
preschool
more sophisticated story
Autistic children
mind blindness
they do not understand peoples characters
3 years
engaged past experiences in their story
5 years
know time and place and includ them accordingly
elementary school years
culture internalization
Cultural norms
rules and expectation that guide peoples behavior in social environment
Adolescence
use biography to connect life events in a story
at 20' influence by
socioemotional and cultural factors
narratives as
fantasy
diaries
social media post
Narratives
human intentionality development
mental conditions
to have the capacity to tell the story
Cognitive Development
Narrative Identity
mostly used by older adults
recollection of many life events
memory bump
Narrating Suffering, Personal Growth and Self Transformation
Life Stories
have High points
low points
turning points
emotional events
positive events involve
emotions: joy, :<3: love, excitment
negative events involve
distress, sadness, fear, shame, etc
Tomkins theory of personality scrip (1987)
Emotionally positive scenes
showing variants of happiness
Emotionally negative scenes
showing repetitive patterns of sadness
TAYLOR, Mobilization-Minimization theory
unequal effects of positive and Negative events
Negative events provoke responses
cognitive
emotional
Physiological
social
Negative events ask for an explanation
Negative Narratives
ways to narrate
decreasing the event
denial
dissociation
e.g. because a traumatic event
repression
Freeman (1993)
Positive illusions
Taylor (1983)
see the negative as positive
Autobiografical reasoning steps in negative event
1 step. narrator thing deeply about the negative situation
2 step. narrator execute a positive outcome
Ego Development
people can narrate detailed negatives event due maturity
positive personal transformation
Culture and Narrative
Redemptive Self
Cultural way to narrate a life story for a positive purpose
American Culture
different cultures
different way to narrate and has to make sense in those cultures
Narrative Identity in history of society
division of gender and class
Economic, political and cultural hegemony patterns
Confucian Perspective
REN
Maximal purpose in life
Methods to promote REN
Analize own autobiography for social conducts mistake
think carefully and understand about historical events and your position
Moral vitality
Concern for other
Benevolence
Continuity and change in Adulthood
Erickson (1963)
Stage of Identity versus confusion role in Adolescence
Narrative Identity
form this point remain for the rest of the life span.
in Adults
adapt the narrative incorporating
un / predictable life transitions
gain and losses
on-time / off time events
to continue socializing
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self perspective
appear as a psychosocial issue
Middle age and Older Adults
Autobiographical reasoning
to elaborate complex-coherent narratives
ability to make summaries about life events
showing wisdom
Older Adult
express narrative in a more positive way
avoid detail when telling