Personality and the coherence of psychotherapy narratives
Personality and the coherence of psychotherapy narratives
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jrp.2007.02.006
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发表时间：
2007-12-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
McAdams, Dan P.
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作者：
Adler, Jonathan M.;Wagner, Joshua W.;McAdams, Dan P.
人们构建的关于他们自己和他们的社会世界的故事是他们身份的关键方面。（1990年）。有意义的行为。剑桥桥，MA：哈佛大学出版社; McAdams，D. P.（2001年）。生活故事的心理学。Review of General Psychology，5，100-122].而某些预期的生活经历（例如，离开家，找工作）可能相对容易叙述，而更多意想不到和困难的事件，如接受心理治疗，可能对成功的叙述构成挑战。然而，成功地叙述一个人在心理治疗中的经历，以保持从治疗中获得的收益，是特别重要的。（1961年）。说服与治疗：心理治疗的综合研究。巴尔的摩，医学博士：约翰霍普金斯大学出版社; P.（1982年）。叙事真理和历史真理：精神分析中的意义和解释。纽约：W.W. Norton]。本研究收集了76名成年前来访者的心理治疗叙述，并根据连贯性的基本故事标准对它们进行编码[Baerger，D。R.，& McAdams，D. P.（1999年）。生活故事连贯性及其与心理幸福感的关系。Narrative Inquiry，9，69-96].那些具有高开放性特质的前来访者和那些自我发展阶段较高的来访者讲述了更多关于治疗的连贯故事。即使在控制了开放性的情况下，自我发展与叙事连贯性之间的关系仍然显著。研究结果表明，高自我发展可能会为叙述者提供一种复杂的意义建构框架，特别适合于理解心理治疗的重要任务。(C)2007年爱思唯尔公司All rights reserved.
The stories people construct about themselves and their social worlds are key aspects of their identities [Bruner, J. S. (1990). Acts of meaning. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; McAdams, D. P. (2001). The psychology of life stories. Review of General Psychology, 5, 100-122]. Whereas certain expected life experiences (e.g., leaving home, getting a job) may be relatively easy to narrate, more unexpected and difficult events, such as undergoing psychotherapy, may pose a challenge to successful narration. Yet it is especially important to successfully narrate one's experience in psychotherapy in order to maintain the gains from treatment [Frank, J. D. (1961). Persuasion and healing: A comprehensive study of psychotherapy. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press; Spence, D. P. (1982). Narrative truth and historical truth: Meaning and interpretation in psychoanalysis. New York: W.W. Norton]. The present study collected psychotherapy narratives from 76 adult former clients and coded them for the fundamental story criterion of coherence [Baerger, D. R., & McAdams, D. P. (1999). Life story coherence and its relation to psychological well-being. Narrative Inquiry, 9, 69-96]. Former clients that were high in trait Openness to experience and those at higher stages of ego development told more coherent stories about therapy. The relationship between ego development and narrative coherence remained significant even when controlling for Openness. The findings suggest that high ego development may provide narrators with the kind of sophisticated frameworks for meaning-making that are especially well-suited for the important task of making good sense of psychotherapy. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.