Authoring a Second Chance in Life: Emotion and Transformational Processing Within Narrative Identity
Authoring a Second Chance in Life: Emotion and Transformational Processing Within Narrative Identity
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创造生命的第二次机会：叙事身份中的情感和转变处理
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2006
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通讯作者：
J. L. Pals
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J. L. Pals
In this article, narrating a second a chance in life after an identity-challenging experience is defined as a process of connecting the self to the negative emotional impact of the experience and using it as a narrative catalyst for positive self-transformation. I examined this process, labeled transformational processing, with quantitative and qualitative analyses from 2 studies, 1 on narratives of difficult life experiences in midlife women (Pals, 2006b), and the other on the formation of causal connections between past experiences and self-development within the life stories of midlife adults (Pals, McAdams, & Machado, 2006). Across these 2 studies, the transformational processing of difficult life experiences was shown to (a) be a product of 2 distinct narrative processes, exploratory narrative processing and coherent positive resolution; (b) predict healthy outcomes in adulthood including maturity, well-being, and physical health; and (c) involve acknowledging negative emotion in the past and connecting it to developing new ways of experiencing positive emotion in the present. In addition, I give special attention to alternatives to transformational processing and to the importance of taking a dynamic, temporal approach to narrative identity.
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7.6
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Pennebaker, JW;King, LA
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King, LA
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16.4
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Fredrickson, BL
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Fredrickson, BL
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3
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Pennebaker, JW;Seagal, JD
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Seagal, JD