Identity and the life story

Autobiographical Memory and the Construction of a Narrative Self: Developmental and Cultural Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 187-207

  McAdams, Dan P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410607478     Document Type: Chapter

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