Self-Defining Memories, Scripts, and the Life Story: Narrative Identity in Personality and Psychotherapy

An integrative model of narrative identity builds on a dual memory system that draws on episodic memory and a long‐term self to generate autobiographical memories. Autobiographical memories related to critical goals in a lifetime period lead to life‐story memories, which in turn become self‐defining...

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Published in:Journal of personality 2013-12, Vol.81 (6), p.569-582
Main Authors: Singer, Jefferson A., Blagov, Pavel, Berry, Meredith, Oost, Kathryn M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autobiographical literature
Autobiographical memory
Case studies
Clinical research
Episodic memory
Humans
Identity
Life
Life Change Events
Life course
Life cycles
Life history
Life stories
Literature reviews
Memories
Memory
Memory, Episodic
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental Disorders - therapy
Narration
Narratives
Personality
Personality psychology
Psychotherapy
Scripts
Self
Self Concept
Sequences
Social identity
Well being
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