Old, New, Borrowed, Blue? The Emergence and Retention of Personal Meaning in Autobiographical Storytelling

Journal of Personality

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 135-164

  McLean, Kate C ^a   Pasupathi, Monisha ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PERSONALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NARRATION; PERSONALITY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 78651249560     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00676.x     Document Type: Article

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