Narrative identity’s nomological network: Expanding and organizing assessment of the storied self
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Dunlop, William L.
Abstract / Description
The Life story, or narrative identity, is a psychosocial construction that brings together and integrates the self and experience within a broad story-based framework. Personality psychologists typically capture aspects of this inner story by prompting participants for descriptions of life chapters and/or specific and self-definitional autobiographical key scenes (e.g., high points, low points, turning points). Features of participants’ responses are then quantified for their thematic and/or structural content. There exists a number of additional and complementary assessment techniques that could buttress study of, and theory pertaining to, narrative identity. Here, I work to identify these assessments, which include self-reports, informant reports, and behavioral observations, and organize them within narrative identity’s nomological network. This work concludes with a number of suggestions for the ways in which traditional assessments may be better attuned to capture narrative identity’s integrative nature.
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life stories narrative identity nomological network assessmentPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2021-07-08
Journal title
Personality Science
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PsychArchives
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Dunlop, W. L. (in press). Narrative identity’s nomological network: Expanding and organizing assessment of the storied self [Author accepted manuscript]. Personality Science. http://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4961
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Dunlop, William L.
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Date of first publication2021-07-08
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Abstract / DescriptionThe Life story, or narrative identity, is a psychosocial construction that brings together and integrates the self and experience within a broad story-based framework. Personality psychologists typically capture aspects of this inner story by prompting participants for descriptions of life chapters and/or specific and self-definitional autobiographical key scenes (e.g., high points, low points, turning points). Features of participants’ responses are then quantified for their thematic and/or structural content. There exists a number of additional and complementary assessment techniques that could buttress study of, and theory pertaining to, narrative identity. Here, I work to identify these assessments, which include self-reports, informant reports, and behavioral observations, and organize them within narrative identity’s nomological network. This work concludes with a number of suggestions for the ways in which traditional assessments may be better attuned to capture narrative identity’s integrative nature.en_US
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Publication statusacceptedVersion
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Review statusreviewed
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CitationDunlop, W. L. (in press). Narrative identity’s nomological network: Expanding and organizing assessment of the storied self [Author accepted manuscript]. Personality Science. http://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4961en_US
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ISSN2700-0710
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/4389
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4961
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Language of contentengen_US
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PublisherPsychArchivesen_US
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ps.6469
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6335
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6335
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Keyword(s)life storiesen_US
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Keyword(s)narrative identityen_US
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Keyword(s)nomological networken_US
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Keyword(s)assessmenten_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleNarrative identity’s nomological network: Expanding and organizing assessment of the storied selfen_US
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DRO typearticleen_US
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Journal titlePersonality Science
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Visible tag(s)Accepted Manuscripten_US