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Integration and differentiation of self through reminiscing and narrative
Author(s) -
Fivush Robyn
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
social development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.078
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1467-9507
pISSN - 0961-205X
DOI - 10.1111/sode.12399
Subject(s) - psychology , narrative , personal development , construct (python library) , perspective (graphical) , developmental psychology , meaning (existential) , sociocultural evolution , social psychology , sociocultural perspective , mechanism (biology) , epistemology , sociology , linguistics , psychotherapist , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science , anthropology , programming language
Humans construct coherence and meaning in their lives through reminiscing with and about others. The four articles in this Social Development Quartet focus on how reminiscing about emotionally and morally challenging personal experiences is a critical mechanism for integration and differentiation across development, both within the individual and within sociocultural interactions. Examining linguistic forms, emotional disclosure, expressions of perspective, and personal growth, these studies demonstrate that the ways in which we reminisce about our personal past with others matter for developmental outcome. Both the ways in which individuals differentiate between self and other, and between different types of events, and the ways in which individuals integrate perspectives across different types of events is related to emotional well‐being.