Book contents
- Applied Narrative Psychology
- Applied Narrative Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 What Is Narrative?
- Chapter 3 Narratives in Psychology
- Chapter 4 Master Narratives
- Chapter 5 Narrative Methods
- Chapter 6 Life Interviews
- Chapter 7 Narrative Writing
- Chapter 8 Narrative Therapy
- Chapter 9 Narrative Exposure Therapy
- Chapter 10 Narrative Medicine
- Chapter 11 Narrative Health Psychology
- Chapter 12 Narrative Work Psychology
- Chapter 13 Narrative Coaching
- Chapter 14 Conclusion
- References
- Index
Chapter 6 - Life Interviews
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 November 2023
- Applied Narrative Psychology
- Applied Narrative Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 What Is Narrative?
- Chapter 3 Narratives in Psychology
- Chapter 4 Master Narratives
- Chapter 5 Narrative Methods
- Chapter 6 Life Interviews
- Chapter 7 Narrative Writing
- Chapter 8 Narrative Therapy
- Chapter 9 Narrative Exposure Therapy
- Chapter 10 Narrative Medicine
- Chapter 11 Narrative Health Psychology
- Chapter 12 Narrative Work Psychology
- Chapter 13 Narrative Coaching
- Chapter 14 Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
Life interviews can take many forms. Their purpose is to provide a biography of a person's life or, more commonly, a part of a person's life. This chapter focuses on two forms of life interview, McAdams' life story interview and the narrative life interview. McAdams' approach is to consider the whole of life, split into chapters, and examining key elements such as important memories, events, stressors and the person's world view. McAdams explores key issues such as redemption and contamination. The narrative life interview is designed to focus on specific key transitions in a person's life and to explore the impact of these transitions on people's behaviour, thoughts and feelings. Examples are provided.
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- Applied Narrative Psychology , pp. 73 - 90Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023