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Narrative Identity Processing of Difficult Life Experiences: Pathways of Personality Development and Positive Self‐Transformation in Adulthood

Pals, Jennifer L.·2006·Journal of Personality

DOI 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00403.x

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Difficult life experiences in adulthood constitute a challenge to the narrative construction of identity. Individual differences in how adults respond to this challenge were conceptualized in terms of two dimensions of narrative identity processing: exploratory narrative processing and coherent positive resolution. These dimensions, coded from narratives of difficult experiences reported by the women of the Mills Longitudinal Study (Helson, 1967) at age 52, were expected to be related to personality traits and to have implications for pathways of personality development and physical health. First, the exploratory narrative processing of difficult experiences mediated the relationship between the trait of coping openness in young adulthood (age 21) and the outcome of maturity in late midlife (age 61). Second, coherent positive resolution predicted increasing ego-resiliency between young adulthood and midlife (age 52), and this pattern of increasing ego-resiliency, in turn, mediated the relationship between coherent positive resolution and life satisfaction in late midlife. Finally, the integration of exploratory narrative processing and coherent positive resolution predicted positive self-transformation within narratives of difficult experiences. In turn, positive self-transformation uniquely predicted optimal development (composite of maturity and life satisfaction) and physical health.

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Authors: Pals, J. L.
Affiliations: Northwestern University (US)
Corresponding author: Pals, Jennifer L.
Venue: Journal of Personality
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2006-05-02
Volume: 74
Issue: 4
Pages: 1079-1110
ISSN: 0022-3506 (ISSN-L)
1467-6494
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00403.x
OpenAlex: W2002490795
Cited by: 515
References: 58
Citations by year: 2026: 26 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 49 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 34 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 31 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 28 · 2012: 23
FWCI: 20.40
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: Journal of Personality (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Institute of Mental Health (MH 43948, R01MH043948)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
Keywords: narrative identity, personality development, ego-resilience, life satisfaction, maturity, physical health, women
MeSH terms: Adult, Affect, Cognition, Female, Health Status, Humans, Life Change Events, Middle Aged, Personality Development, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Concept, Social Identification, Narration

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