The integrative function of narrative processing: Autobiographical memory, self-defining memories, and the life story of identity

The Self and Memory

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 117-138

  Singer, Jefferson A ^a   Blagov, Pavel ^b  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203337974     Document Type: Chapter

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