The life story: Its development and relation to narration and personal identity

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-247

  Dunlop, William L ^a   Walker, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

essentialism; identity; life story; modes of thought; narrative

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILDHOOD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IMMATURITY; LIFE; MALADJUSTMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STORYTELLING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84877779485     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025413479475     Document Type: Review

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