Awareness of narrative identity and selected aspects of narrative activity and meaning-making. Preliminary results

Q4 Psychology

Roczniki Psychologiczne Pub Date : 2022-02-03 DOI:10.31234/osf.io/hmjwt

Kamil Janowicz, Emilia Soroko, D. Hallford

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Abstract: Narrative identity allows us to integrate various experiences and incorporate them into the concept of the self. Recent studies indicate that being aware of developing the story about the self that brings cohesion and meaning may be adaptive. This paper presents preliminary findings across three studies (two quantitative and one mixed methods) aimed at exploring the phenomenon of awareness of narrative identity in terms of its relations to other aspects of narrative identity and meaning-making (meaning in life, self-esteem, and post-traumatic growth). The total number of participants in all studies was 840 (N1 = 254; N2 = 424; N3 = 162). Results indicate that stronger awareness of narrative identity is related to higher self-narrative inclination and reflexivity, and may be adaptive in terms of meaning-making and coping with traumatic events. People that were more aware of a narrative identity produced more elaborated and coherent self-narrations about an important past relationship. What is more, they had a stronger tendency to integrate these past experiences with a sense of self identity. Surprisingly, awareness of narrative identity was not related to self-esteem. These findings have been discussed referring in terms of narrative identity literature. Moreover, possible directions for further studies to expand our understanding of awareness of narrative identity are proposed.

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意识到叙事的身份和选择方面的叙事活动和意义的形成。初步结果

摘要：叙事身份使我们能够将各种经历融合在一起，并将它们融入自我的概念中。最近的研究表明，意识到发展关于自我的故事，带来凝聚力和意义，可能是适应性的。本文介绍了三项研究（两种定量方法和一种混合方法）的初步结果，旨在探讨叙事身份意识现象与叙事身份和意义创造的其他方面（生活意义、自尊和创伤后成长）的关系。所有研究的参与者总数为840人（N1=254；N2=424；N3=162）。研究结果表明，更强的叙事身份意识与更高的自我叙事倾向和自反性有关，并且可能在意义创造和应对创伤事件方面具有适应性。更清楚叙事身份的人对一段重要的过去关系产生了更详细、更连贯的自我叙事。更重要的是，他们更倾向于将这些过去的经历与自我认同感结合起来。令人惊讶的是，叙事身份意识与自尊无关。这些发现已经在叙述身份文学的范畴内进行了讨论。此外，还提出了进一步研究的可能方向，以扩大我们对叙事身份意识的理解。

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期刊介绍： Roczniki Psychologiczne / Annals of Psychology, the continuation of Annals of Philosophy: Psychology, is an academic journal edited by The Scientific Society of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin [Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL]. It aims to present up-to-date and original empirical results and influential theoretical considerations in various areas of psychology as well as to promote new and creative ideas in research and psychological methods. The Journal accepts contributions of three kinds: 1) original peer reviewed articles on both empirical and conceptual topics, 2) short communications, and 3) polemics, which consist of a focus article followed by peer commentaries and a response by the author of the focus article.