Self-presentation strategies and narrative identity

IF 0.9 4区文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION

Narrative Inquiry Pub Date : 2020-05-19 DOI:10.1075/ni.18077.dun

W. Dunlop, Tara P. McCoy, Patrick J. Morse

引用次数: 3

Abstract

Abstract Narrative identity is most often assessed via prompts for key autobiographical scenes (e.g., turning points). Here, self-presentation strategies were examined in relation to the content and structure of key scenes. Participants (N = 396) provided narratives of life high points, low points, and turning points from within one of four assessment contexts and completed measures of self-deception positivity (SD) and impression management (IM). Narratives were coded for a series of linguistic (e.g., causation words) and conceptual (e.g., redemption) dimensions. Individual differences in IM corresponded with the linguistic and conceptual content of participants’ low points. This effect was particularly evident among females (as compared to males) and the conceptual content of key scenes in conditions in which participants provided written (as compared to spoken) narrative accounts. These results carry implications for the assessment and analysis of narrative identity.

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自我呈现策略与叙事认同

摘要叙事身份通常通过关键自传场景（如转折点）的提示来评估。在这里，自我呈现策略与关键场景的内容和结构有关。参与者（N=396）从四个评估情境中的一个情境中讲述了生活的高点、低点和转折点，并完成了自我欺骗积极性（SD）和印象管理（IM）的测量。叙述被编码为一系列的语言（如因果词）和概念（如救赎）维度。IM的个体差异与参与者低点的语言和概念内容相对应。这种影响在女性（与男性相比）和关键场景的概念内容中尤其明显，在参与者提供书面（与口头）叙事描述的条件下。这些结果对叙事身份的评估和分析具有启示意义。

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来源期刊

Narrative Inquiry Multiple-

CiteScore

2.10

自引率

14.30%

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期刊介绍： Narrative Inquiry is devoted to providing a forum for theoretical, empirical, and methodological work on narrative. Articles appearing in Narrative Inquiry draw upon a variety of approaches and methodologies in the study of narrative as a way to give contour to experience, tradition, and values to next generations. Particular emphasis is placed on theoretical approaches to narrative and the analysis of narratives in human interaction, including those practiced by researchers in psychology, linguistics and related disciplines.