Development of Temporal Macrostructure in Life Narratives across the Lifespan

Autor/inn/en	Köber, Christin; Habermas, Tilmann
Titel	Development of Temporal Macrostructure in Life Narratives across the Lifespan
Quelle	In: Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 54 (2017) 2, S.143-162 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0163-853X
DOI	10.1080/0163853X.2015.1105619
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Personal Narratives; Autobiographies; Time; Memory; Longitudinal Studies; Cohort Analysis; Hypothesis Testing; Individual Development; Story Telling; Story Grammar; Sequential Approach; Age Differences; Adolescent Development; Adult Development; Interviews; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Erlebniserzählung; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Zeit; Gedächtnis; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Kohortenanalyse; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Individuelle Entwicklung; Schrittfolge; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Erwachsenwerden; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Deutschland
Abstract	In Western cultures, life narratives are typically expected to recount the narrator's life from birth to the present. Disparate autobiographical memories need to be integrated into a more or less coherent story, which is facilitated by an overarching temporal macrostructure. The temporal macrostructure consists of elaborated beginnings that contextualize the self in pre-existent family and society, a linear temporal order, and elaborated endings. The present study longitudinally examines the development of temporal macrostructure in life narratives across the lifespan. In this cohort-sequential study, 172 German participants ages 8 to 69 years narrated their lives over the course of 8 years, resulting in up to four life narratives per person. The evidence substantially supports the hypothesis that temporal macrostructure in life narratives emerges in adolescence, with some continuing developmental change throughout adulthood. The evidence also strongly indicates that story structure and life story structure differ in their development. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01