Theories hold that autobiographical memory serves several broad functions (directive, self, and social). In the current study, items were derived from theoretical literature to create Thinking About Life Experiences (TALE) questionnaire empirically assess these three functions. Participants (N = 167) completed TALE. To examine convergent validity, they also rated their overall tendency think about talk past Reminiscence Functions Scale (Webster, 1997). The results lend support existence of...

Extending the study of autobiographical narratives to entire life narratives, we tested emergence globally coherent in adolescence, as hypothesized by McAdams (1985). Participants were 102 children and young adults (ages 8, 12, 16, 20 years) who narrated their lives twice. Between narrations, half each age group participated tasks designed train reasoning; other control tasks. Coherence was measured relative frequency local temporal, causal, thematic linguistic indicators identified...

The ability to narrate stories and a synchronic self-concept develop in the pre- primary school years. Life story theory proposes that both developments extend an even later developmental stage, is, adolescents' acquisition of coherent life story. Cross-sectional evidence supports emergence adolescence, but is mixed terms span development. present study examines longitudinally development global coherence narratives across almost entire span. Starting 2003, total 172 participants narrated...

Personal identity depends on synchronic coherence and diachronic continuity of the self. Autobiographical remembering autobiographical knowledge as well stability bodily integrity, social roles, significant others physical sociocultural environment have been suggested supporting a pre-reflective sense self-continuity. Stark biographical discontinuities or disruptions in these areas may destabilise To test hypothesis that reasoning life narratives helps to compensate effects self-continuity,...

The life story is a special cognitive-communicative format which allows understanding persons from biographical perspective through autobiographical reasoning and narrating. Reviewing research on the development of past 15 years, we clarify conceptual developmental specificity by comparing it to single event stories, other forms reasoning. To support claim that emerges only in adolescence, review earlier self remembering leading up story. We outline significance for bridging ruptures,...

Considering life stories as the most individual layer of personality (McAdams, 2013) implies that stories, similar to traits, exhibit some stability throughout life. Although traits has been extensively investigated, only little is known about stories. We therefore tested influence age, proportion normative age-graded events, and global text coherence on important memories brief entire narratives 2 representations story. also explored whether events form more stable parts narratives. In a...

Autobiographical reasoning is the activity of creating relations between different parts one's past, present, and future life personality development. It embeds personal memories in a culturally, temporally, causally, thematically coherent story. Prototypical autobiographical arguments are presented. Culture socializing interactions shape development especially late childhood adolescence. Situated at intersection cognitive narrative memory, contributes to identity, instrumental efforts cope...

Scholarship pertinent to the nature of human plasticity and contemporary theoretical stress on developmental systems theories suggest that regulation dynamic person-context relations should be key focus inquiry in study adolescent development. An exemplar a theory congruent with this relational conception development is Selection, Optimization, Compensation (SOC) model offered by Baltes, colleagues. The may value-added contribution literature several respects: through illustrating centrality...

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By combining a life perspective with span perspective, the authors present basic framework for extending study of autobiographical memory. The suggests not only consideration individual episodes memory but how they are strung together into life. takes account chronological age and context individuals these factors might affect abilities motivations related to use discuss 2 perspectives combined yield useful studying examples work done using this framework.

Extending research on age norms in adults, the development of knowledge two components cultural concept biography, biographical salience and for life events was studied from late childhood to early adulthood Study 1 across 2. The largest increase found between ages 8 12, with reaching its maximum at 16. Across relatively stable, a small decline older adults. In addition, adolescence, personal memories increasingly corresponded salience, although idiosyncratic continued dominate. acquisition...

This study attempted to replicate negative bias and depressive explanatory style in depression using life narratives. The two central aspects of narrative, temporal succession evaluation, were also explored. These tested for the first time entire narratives 17 depressed inpatients non-depressed controls matched sex educational level. Negative replicated as typical group. Life patients deviated more from a linear order compared less frequently past with present. Contrary expectations, did not...

Extending research on age norms in adults, the development of knowledge two components cultural concept biography, biographical salience and for life events was studied from late childhood to early adulthood Study 1 across 2. The largest increase found between ages 8 12, with reaching its maximum at 16. Across relatively stable, a small decline older adults. In addition, adolescence, personal memories increasingly corresponded salience, although idiosyncratic continued dominate. acquisition...

The ontogeny of the ability to describe people culminates in adolescence development life story. An overarching temporal macrostructure and framing by a prehistory future-oriented global evaluation helps integrate disparate autobiographical memories into coherent Two narratives each 8-, 12-, 16-, 20-year-olds (N=102) were analyzed terms how well-formed their beginnings endings are much they follow linear order. By age 12, majority began with birth, ended present, followed chronological In...

Narrative theories of personality assume that individual differences in coherence reflect consistent and stable narrative style rather than situational event-specific (e.g., McAdams & McLean, 2013). However, this assumption has received only modest empirical attention. Therefore, we present two studies testing the theoretical a coherent style.Study 1 focused on most traumatic positive life events 224 undergraduates. These narratives were coded for three dimensions: theme, context, chronology...

Abstract Self-narratives of patients have received increasing interest in schizophrenia since they offer unique material to study patients’ subjective experience related their illness, particular the alteration self that accompanies schizophrenia. In this study, we investigated life narratives and ability integrate bind memories personal events into a coherent narrative 27 with 26 controls. Four aspects were analyzed: coherence cultural concept biography, temporal coherence,...

Narratives of emotional experiences are widely assumed to reflect how well the speaker has coped with them. Some cross-sectional studies have suggested that well-being and absence psychopathology correlate more elaborate coherent narratives negative events. Other studies, on other hand, suggest retelling coping render shorter, cognitive, explicitly evaluative. To test this latter hypothesis, 30 young women narrated five events eliciting anger, sadness, anxiety, pride happiness from past...

Abstract According to theory, autobiographical memory serves three broad functions of overall usage: directive, self, and social. However, there is evidence suggest that the tripartite model may be better conceptualised in terms a four-factor with two social functions. In present study we examined models Danish German samples, using Thinking About Life Experiences Questionnaire (TALE; Bluck, Alea, Habermas, & Rubin, 2005), which measures usage generalised across concrete memories....

How can we tell from a memory report whether is episodic or not? Vividness required by many definitions, whereas detailedness, specificity, and narrative text type are competing definitions of episodicity used in research. We explored their correlations with vividness personally significant autobiographical memories to provide evidence support relative claim define memories. In addition, differences between different types as well valences. asked lifespan sample (N = 168) 8-, 12-, 16-, 20-,...