| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 310 pages). |
| Series |
The ative Study of Lives Ser. |
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Ative Study of Lives Ser.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Narrating life's turning points : redemption and contamination / Dan P. McAdams, Philip J. Bowman -- The crime, punishment, and ethical transformation of two radicals : or how Katherine Power improves on Dostoevsky / Janet Landman -- De profundis : prison as a turning point in Oscar Wilde's life story / William Todd Schultz -- Ever upward and no turning back : social mobility and identity formation among first-generation college students / J. Scott Roberts, George C. Rosenwald -- Moving up and the problem of explaining an "unreasonable" ambition / Richard L. Ochberg, William Comeau -- Serendipity and agency in narratives of transition : young adult women and their careers / Marcy Plunkett -- The setback of a doctor's career / Varpu Löyttyniemi -- Women's understandings of their own divorces : a developmental perspective / Amy M. Young, Abigail J. Stewart, Kathi Miner-Rubino -- Adolescents' representations of the parent voice in stories of personal turning points / Michael W. Pratt, Mary Louise Arnold, Kathleen Mackey -- Living in the amber cloud : a life story analysis of a heroin addict / Jefferson A. Singer -- Sense of place and its import for life transitions : the case of HIV-positive individuals / Michele L. Crossley. |
| Summary |
Analyzes personalized life narratives to understand significant turning points in the human life course and to answer this central question: How do people make meaning out of the transitions in their lives? Among the transitions examined are adolescent identity struggles, the move from school to work, divorce, turning points in moral development, setbacks in professional careers, the onset of illness, recovery from addiction, and dramatic epiphanies and conversions in life involving crime, confession, and redemption. The stories that are made and told about major transitions in life contribute to identity, help the process of coping with challenges and stress, shape how the future is seen, help to determine the nature of interpersonal relationships, and position us in the social and cultural world. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Form |
Also issued in print. |
| Issued By |
Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Life change events -- Psychological aspects.
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Autobiographical memory.
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Life Change Events.
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Narration.
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Autobiography.
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| Added Author |
McAdams, Dan P.
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Josselson, Ruthellen.
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Lieblich, Amia, 1939-
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American Psychological Association.
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| Other Form: |
Turns in the road (print) (DLC) 2001022342 |
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