Dan P. McAdams

Turner, Ariana F., Henry R. Cowan, Rembrandt Otto-Meyer and Dan P. McAdams 2024 The power of narrative: The emotional impact of the life story interview Narrative Inquiry 34:1, pp. 1–29 | Article

Much of the research on narrative identity has used the Life Story Interview (LSI) to better understand the person through the story they construct of their life. However, the effect that the LSI has on participants has not yet been examined. Study 1 looked at 163 middle-aged adults who… read more

Adler, Jonathan M. and Dan P. McAdams 2007 The narrative reconstruction of psychotherapy Narrative Inquiry 17:2, pp. 179–202 | Article

Going to psychotherapy represents an atypical, usually unanticipated, and often emotionally significant experience in the life course. As with many such events, people construct stories about therapy experiences in order to make sense out of them and to provide their lives with a sense of unity and… read more

McAdams, Dan P. 2007 The role of narrative in personality psychology today Narrative – State of the Art, Bamberg, Michael (ed.), pp. 17–26 | Article

Over the past 25 years, narrative theories and methods have helped to revitalize the discipline of personality psychology by providing new tools and concepts for discerning the inner patterning and meaning of human lives and by helping to recontextualize personality studies in terms of culture,… read more

McAdams, Dan P. 2006 The role of narrative in personality psychology today Narrative – State of the Art, Bamberg, Michael (ed.), pp. 11–18 | Article

Over the past 25 years, narrative theories and methods have helped to revitalize the discipline of personality psychology by providing new tools and concepts for discerning the inner patterning and meaning of human lives and by helping to recontextualize personality studies in terms of culture,… read more

Baerger, Dana Royce and Dan P. McAdams 1999 Life Story Coherence and its Relation to Psychological Well-Being Narrative Inquiry 9:1, pp. 69–96 | Article

Over the past few years, the concept of coherence as it applies to people's storied accounts of their lives has become an increasingly popular topic. However, theories of coherence have been slow to appear, and a comprehensive definition of the construct has yet to be presented by researchers.… read more

McAdams, Dan P. 1995 Introductory Commentary Narrative Construction of Emotional Life, pp. 207–211 | Article

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Studies in Narrative (SiN)

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