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El Maouch M, Chen R, Jin Z. Setting the Theater for Creativity: Proposal for Integrating Temporal and Spatial Artificial Mnemonics as a Qualitative Artificial Development of the Autobiographical Naturalistic Mnemonics (AM). Integr Psychol Behav Sci 2024; 58:981-1002. [PMID: 38305982 DOI: 10.1007/s12124-024-09819-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Mnemonics are not only tools that empower memory but also have a significant role in qualitatively transforming mental functions and, hence, consciousness in general. A specific type of mnemonics is autobiographical mnemonics (AM) constructed of spatial, temporal, and semantic dimensions used in a naturalist form by individuals about their own experiences. This paper proposes a spatial-temporal mnemonic that transforms AM from a naturalist level into an artificial one. We consider allowing the intellect and consciousness to grasp the abstract flow of time in the global context of geography will contribute to setting the stage for creativity. By explicitly representing the abstract time-space theater, the intellect (the world view) is more able to reflect the abstract laws of reality (the world), hence, to make the intellect sphere objectively equipped to externalize the emerged meanings (the internalized reality) that reflect the internal content of experience and, hence, make sense of them as a crucial function in creative activity. The paper is a theoretical and methodological step for the empirical part of the proposal when the mnemonic should be used as a training tool to empower creativity factors.
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- Mohamad El Maouch
- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Psychological Data Science, Zhengzhou Normal University, Yingcai Street, No.6, Zhengzhou, 45044, Henan, China.
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Psychological Data Science, Zhengzhou Normal University, Yingcai Street, No.6, Zhengzhou, 45044, Henan, China.
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Psychological Data Science, Zhengzhou Normal University, Yingcai Street, No.6, Zhengzhou, 45044, Henan, China
- Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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Philippe FL, Carbonneau N, Fortin A, Guilbault V, Bouizegarene N, Antunes JM, Chua SN. Toward a memory perspective on eating psychopathology: An investigation of the types of childhood and adolescence memories that are associated with eating disorder symptoms. Appetite 2024; 198:107364. [PMID: 38642722 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/22/2024]
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The cognitive mechanisms through which specific life events affect the development and maintenance of eating disorders (ED) have received limited attention in the scientific literature. The present research aims to address this gap by adopting a memory perspective to explore the type of life events associated with eating psychopathology and how these events are encoded and reconstructed as memories. Two studies (n = 208 and n = 193) were conducted to investigate the relationship between specific memories and eating disorder psychopathology. Study 1 focused on parent-related memories, while Study 2 examined childhood/adolescence memories. Results from both studies revealed that need thwarting and shame in memories were associated with eating disorder symptoms, but only when individuals drew symbolic connections between these memories and food or eating behavior. Moreover, need thwarting and shame in such memories were associated with other eating and body image outcomes, including uncontrolled eating and body esteem. These results also held after controlling for a host of known predictors of eating disorder psychopathology, such as BMI, perfectionism, or thin ideal internalization. Overall, the present findings suggest that the reprocessing of memories symbolically and idiosyncratically linked to food and eating behavior might be a fruitful clinical intervention.
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Garcia Jimenez C, D'Argembeau A. Goal characteristics predict the occurrence of goal-related events through belief in future occurrence. Conscious Cogn 2024; 119:103649. [PMID: 38324924 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2024.103649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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While previous studies have highlighted the role of episodic future thinking in goal pursuit, the underlying cognitive mechanisms remain unexplored. Episodic future thinking may promote goal pursuit by shaping the feeling that imagined events will (or will not) happen in the future - referred to as belief in future occurrence. We investigated whether goal self-concordance (Experiment 1) and other goal characteristics identified as influential in goal pursuit (Experiment 2) modulate belief in the future occurrence of goal-related events and predict the actual occurrence of these events. Results showed that goal self-concordance, engagement, and expectancy had an indirect effect on the actual occurrence of events, which was (partially) mediated by belief in future occurrence. The mediating role of belief supports the view that belief in future occurrence when imagining events conveys useful information, allowing us to make informed decisions and undertake adaptive actions in the process of goal pursuit.
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- Psychology and Neuroscience of Cognition Research Unit, University of Liège, Belgium
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Timberlake AFV, Fesel D. The development of narrative identity in the psychodynamic treatment of avoidant personality disorder: A case study. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1141768. [PMID: 37009117 PMCID: PMC10060528 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1141768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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Avoidant personality disorder (AvPD) is characterized by feelings of shyness, inadequacy, and restraint in intimate relationships and has been associated with a disturbance in narrative identity, which is the internalized and evolving story of past, present, and future experiences. Study findings have indicated that an improvement in overall mental health through psychotherapy may increase narrative identity. However, there is a lack of studies incorporating not only the examination of narrative identity development before and after psychotherapy but also within psychotherapy sessions. This case study examined the development of narrative identity in short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy treatment of a patient with AvPD, using therapy transcripts and life narrative interviews before, after, and 6 months following treatment termination. Narrative identity development was assessed in terms of agency, communion fulfillment, and coherence. Results showed that the patient’s agency and coherence increased over the course of therapy, whereas communion fulfillment decreased. At the six-month follow-up, agency and communion fulfillment increased, whereas coherence remained stable. The results of this case study suggest that the patient’s sense of narrative agency and ability to narrate coherently improved after undergoing short-term psychodynamic therapy. The decrease of communion fulfillment during psychotherapy and later increase after termination suggests that the patient became more aware of conflictual patterns in their relationships, therefore realizing that their wishes and desires were not being fulfilled in their current relationships. This case study displays the possible impact short-term psychodynamic therapy may have by helping patients with AvPD develop a narrative identity.
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Gherman MA, Arhiri L, Holman AC, Soponaru C. Protective Factors against Morally Injurious Memories from the COVID-19 Pandemic on Nurses' Occupational Wellbeing: A Cross-Sectional Experimental Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:11817. [PMID: 36142089 PMCID: PMC9517277 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191811817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 09/04/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The COVID-19 pandemic was a fertile ground for nurses' exposure to self- and other-Potentially Morally Injurious Events (PMIEs). Our study explored the effects of nurses' memories of self- and other-PMIEs on occupational wellbeing and turnover intentions. Using an experimental design on a convenience sample of 634 Romanian nurses, we tested a conceptual model with PLS-SEM, finding adequate explanatory and predictive power. Memories of self- and other-PMIEs were uniquely associated with work engagement, burnout, and turnover intentions, compared to a control group. These relationships were mediated by the three basic psychological needs. Relatedness was more thwarted for memories of other-PMIEs, while competence and autonomy were more thwarted for memories of self-PMIEs. Perceived supervisor support weakened the indirect effect between type of PMIE and turnover intentions, through autonomy satisfaction, but not through burnout. Self-disclosure weakened the indirect effect between type of PMIE and turnover intentions, through autonomy satisfaction, and both burnout and work engagement. Our findings emphasize the need for different strategies in addressing the negative long-term effects of nurses' exposure to self- and other-PMIEs, according to the basic psychological need satisfaction and type of wellbeing indicator.
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- Mihaela Alexandra Gherman
- Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Str. Toma Cozma 3, 700554 Iasi, Romania
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Bauer JJ, Graham LE, Mooney S, Geisz A, Mueller M. The Good Life Story: Deconstructing (and Integrating) Elements of Narrative Identity and a Good Life, Featuring Themes of Humanistic Growth. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Gherman MA, Arhiri L, Holman AC, Soponaru C. Injurious Memories from the COVID-19 Frontline: The Impact of Episodic Memories of Self- and Other-Potentially Morally Injurious Events on Romanian Nurses' Burnout, Turnover Intentions and Basic Need Satisfaction. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:9604. [PMID: 35954961 PMCID: PMC9368272 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19159604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Nurses have been frequently exposed to Potentially Morally Injurious Events (PMIEs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to resource scarcity, they both perpetrated (self-PMIEs) and passively witnessed (other-PMIEs) moral transgressions toward the patients, severely violating their moral values. Our study investigated the impact of self- and other-PMIEs on work outcomes by exploring nurses' episodic memories of these events and the basic psychological need thwarting associated with them. Using a quasi-experimental design, on a convenience sample of 463 Romanian nurses, we found that PMIEs memories were uniquely associated with burnout and turnover intentions, after controlling for socio-demographic characteristics, general basic psychological need satisfaction at work and other phenomenological characteristics. Both self- and other-PMIEs memories were need thwarting, with autonomy and competence mediating their differential impact on burnout, and with relatedness-on turnover intentions. Our findings emphasize the need for organizational moral repair practices, which should include enhancing nurses' feelings of autonomy, relatedness and competence. Psychological counseling and psychotherapy should be provided to nurses to prevent their episodic memories of PMIEs to be (fully) integrated in autobiographical knowledge, because this integration could have severe consequences on their psycho-social function and occupational health, as well as on the organizational climate in healthcare institutions.
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- Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Str. Toma Cozma 3, 700554 Iasi, Romania
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Philippe FL. Episodic memories as proxy or independent representations: A theoretical review and an empirical test of distinct episodic memories on work outcomes. NEW IDEAS IN PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2021.100913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Levine SL, Andrade G, Koestner R. A not so perfect plan: An examination of the differential influence of multidimensional perfectionism on missed and gained events during the COVID-19 pandemic. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2021; 184:111214. [PMID: 34642520 PMCID: PMC8496908 DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals missed out on important life events, but it was also a chance for some to engage with new interests or values. This research examined how individuals higher in perfectionism experienced missed and gained events during the pandemic, and how their perceptions of these events influenced their mental health. University students (N = 350) were surveyed in September 2020, assessing perfectionism, depression, missed/gained events, and need satisfaction related to these events, and then followed up in December. A combined missed and gained event score was created to better understand overall need satisfaction from these changes. Individuals higher in self-critical perfectionism were more likely to experience need dissatisfaction overall and this partially explained why these individuals experienced more depressive symptoms over time during the pandemic. Conversely, those higher in personal standards perfectionism experienced more need satisfaction overall and this was related to reduced depressive symptoms. Results suggest that individuals higher in self-critical perfectionism were less flexible when things did not go according to their plan. This may be one reason these individuals had a more difficult time coping during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Shelby L Levine
- McGill University, Department of Psychology, 2001 McGill College, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada
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- McGill University, Department of Psychology, 2001 McGill College, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada
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- McGill University, Department of Psychology, 2001 McGill College, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1, Canada
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Blagov PS, Singer JA, Oost KM, Goodman JA. Self-defining memories-Narrative features in relation to adaptive and maladaptive personality traits (replication and extension of Blagov & Singer, 2004). J Pers 2021; 90:457-475. [PMID: 34601722 DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Self-defining memories (SDMs) are units of life-story analysis, whose features resemble elements from narrative identity's factorial structure. To bridge narrative-identity and personality-trait domains, we conducted a replication and extension of prior research. METHOD We linked four SDM features - affect, specificity, meaning making, and content - to the Big Three trait domains of personality and psychopathology in a small sample that was well-powered for multilevel modeling (133 participants, 1330 SDMs). RESULTS Affect SDM affect correlated with indices of Positive Emotionality and Negative Emotionality, and narrative themes of contamination were associated with Negative Emotionality. Specificity SDM specificity vs. overgenerality related to Constraint and Negative Emotionality indices, lending support to the executive dysfunction and emotional disorder theories of overgeneral autobiographical memory. (Tests of the avoidance thesis of overgeneral memory were inconclusive.) Meaning making Explicit meaning making in SDMs reflected adaptive personality. It moderated (or buffered) the link between SDMs' affect and chronic emotional distress. Content The links between SDM content and traits suggest that SDMs reflect personal goals, whose fulfillment or frustration relate to psychological health. CONCLUSIONS This research serves replication purposes as well as the purpose of connecting two major domains of personality: narrative identity and adaptive and maladaptive traits.
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- Pavel S Blagov
- Psychology Department, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, USA
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- Psychology Department, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA
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- Psychology Department, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Effects of Goal Appraisals and Goal Motivation on Dimensions of Identity Development: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Analysis of European American Emerging Adults. JOURNAL OF ADULT DEVELOPMENT 2021; 29:89-107. [PMID: 34335001 PMCID: PMC8299736 DOI: 10.1007/s10804-021-09386-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In the present study, we investigated the ways in which the ideographic goal descriptions and goal appraisals of European American high school seniors reflect potentials for intentional self-development during emerging adulthood (EA), a lifespan phase characterized by increasing levels of freedom and decreasing age-graded, socially sanctioned developmental norms.
Additionally, we investigated whether variation in participants’ goal appraisals and the motivational qualities emergent in their goal descriptions would predict variation in dimensions of identity development, both concurrently at age 18 and prospectively at age 23. Results of an exploratory, mixed method analysis of participants’ (N = 129, 56.6% male, Mage = 18.24, SD = 0.37) goal data revealed diversity in education and work goals, strong potentials for intentional self-development reflected across goal appraisals, and more nuanced reflections of intentional self-development across the motivational qualities emergent in goal descriptions. Results partially supported the hypothesis that goal appraisals and motivational qualities that reflect potentials for intentional self-development would predict kindred processes of identity development across the first five years of EA. These findings contribute to a nascent empirical literature focused on the interrelationship of goal and identity constructs during EA and suggest new avenues for future research.
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Austin AB, Costabile KA. The role of autobiographical memory in competence need satisfaction. MOTIVATION AND EMOTION 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11031-021-09895-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The association of autonomy support on memory need satisfaction and goal progress. MOTIVATION AND EMOTION 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11031-021-09872-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Baker ZG, Watlington EM, Knee CR. The Role of Rapport in Satisfying One's Basic Psychological Needs. MOTIVATION AND EMOTION 2020; 44:329-343. [PMID: 34079151 DOI: 10.1007/s11031-020-09819-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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van Doeselaar L, McLean KC, Meeus W, Denissen JJA, Klimstra TA. Adolescents' Identity Formation: Linking the Narrative and the Dual-Cycle Approach. J Youth Adolesc 2020; 49:818-835. [PMID: 31407186 PMCID: PMC7105420 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-019-01096-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The narrative and dual-cycle approach conceptualize and operationalize adolescents' identity formation in different ways. While the narrative approach focuses on the construction of an autobiographical life story, the dual-cycle approach focuses on the formation of identity commitments. Although these approaches have different emphases, they are conceptually complementary. Yet, their empirical links and distinctions have only scarcely been investigated. Empirical knowledge on these links in adolescence and across time has been especially lacking. In the present research, it was therefore examined whether key characteristics of adolescents' narration (autobiographical reasoning and agency) were concurrently and prospectively related to engagement in the dual-cycle processes of commitment making, identification with commitment, exploration in breadth, exploration in depth, and ruminative exploration. The findings from a cross-sectional sample of 1,580 Dutch adolescents (Mage = 14.7 years, 56% female) demonstrated that autobiographical reasoning was significantly positively associated with the commitment and more adaptive exploration processes (i.e., in breadth and in depth). In addition, agency was significantly positively associated with the commitment processes and exploration in depth. Yet, these associations between the narrative characteristics and dual-cycle processes were only weak. Subsequently, the findings from a two-year longitudinal subsample (n = 242, Mage = 14.7 years, 62% female) indicated that on average commitment strength remained stable but exploration increased across middle adolescence. A stronger increase in identification with commitment and adaptive exploration (i.e., in breadth and in depth) was predicted by a higher degree of agency in adolescents' narratives. Overall, these findings indicate that both approaches to identity formation are associated, but the small size of these associations suggests that they predominantly capture unique aspects of identity formation. Both approaches could thus complement and inform each other.
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- Lotte van Doeselaar
- Department of Developmental Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Psychology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA
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- Research Centre Adolescent Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Developmental Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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- Department of Developmental Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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Vansteenkiste M, Ryan RM, Soenens B. Basic psychological need theory: Advancements, critical themes, and future directions. MOTIVATION AND EMOTION 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11031-019-09818-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Psychological needs, mixed self-perceptions, well-being and emotional, and behavioral difficulties: adolescent students’ perceptions. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10212-019-00457-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Philippe FL, Houle I. Cognitive integration of personal or public events affects mental health: Examining memory networks in a case of natural flooding disaster. J Pers 2019; 88:861-873. [PMID: 31808166 DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this research was to examine whether memories of personal or public events could affect mental health through the way those memories are integrated in memory networks. METHOD Participants from the general population (N = 224, age mean = 36.62 years, 74% female) were either directly or indirectly personally affected by a natural flooding disaster with moderate consequences or had simply learned about it. A prospective design (during the floods and two months later) was used to examine the impact that such a personal or public event memory could have on their mental health. RESULTS Results showed that flood-affected individuals reported poorer mental health compared to the unaffected. However, both affected and unaffected individuals who had encoded a current floods-related event in memory as need satisfying or who had embedded such an event in need satisfying memory networks showed better mental health over time. These results held after controlling for the effect of various demographics and dispositional emotion regulation styles. CONCLUSION Simply learning about public events can impact mental health through the way those events are integrated in memory, which appears as a critical individual difference.
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- Frederick L Philippe
- Department of Psychology, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Gribble R, Goodwin L, Oram S, Fear NT. 'It's nice to just be you': The influence of the employment experiences of UK military spouses during accompanied postings on well-being. Health Psychol Open 2019; 6:2055102919838909. [PMID: 30967960 PMCID: PMC6445049 DOI: 10.1177/2055102919838909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Repeated military relocations (accompanied postings) can have a detrimental
effect on employment and well-being among the spouses and partners of military
personnel. Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with 19 spouses
of British Army/Royal Air Force personnel with recent experience of accompanied
postings to explore this issue through the lens of self-determination theory;
all were married women with at least one child. Participants explained how
employment contributed to an independent identity, enabling social
connectedness, providing a sense of self-confidence and value but limiting
agency over employment decisions. Spouse employment, and therefore, well-being
could be improved by the provision of better childcare access or additional
support in finding employment and training opportunities.
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- Rachael Gribble
- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
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Bühler JL, Dunlop WL. The narrative identity approach and romantic relationships. SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY COMPASS 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Philippe FL, Lopes M, Houlfort N, Fernet C. Work-related episodic memories can increase or decrease motivation and psychological health at work. WORK AND STRESS 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2019.1577311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Department of Psychology, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Management and Human Resources, Trois-Rivieres, Canada
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Ernst A, Philippe FL, D'Argembeau A. Wanting or having to: The role of goal self-concordance in episodic future thinking. Conscious Cogn 2018; 66:26-39. [PMID: 30391628 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2018.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 09/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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While it is established that goal processing is a central component of episodic future thinking, how personal goals shape future event representations is not fully understood. Here, we explored the influence of the source of motivation underlying goal pursuit. Personal goals differ in their degree of self-concordance, which depends on the primary motives underlying goal pursuit. We distinguished between self-concordant (what one wants to achieve) and non-self-concordant (what one has to achieve) goals. Participants were asked to imagine specific future events associated with each type of goals. We found that self-concordant future events have a privileged phenomenological status: they are associated with a stronger sense of "realness" and of pre-experiencing the future, are more integrated with autobiographical knowledge, and are characterized by more positive and intense emotions. Furthermore, psychological need satisfaction was a characteristic component of self-concordant future thoughts. Implications of these findings for motivation and goal pursuit are discussed.
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- Alexandra Ernst
- Psychology and Neuroscience of Cognition Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Liège, Belgium.
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- ELABORER - Laboratory for Research on Emotions and Representations, Department of Psychology, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
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- Psychology and Neuroscience of Cognition Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Liège, Belgium
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Bauer JJ, Graham LE, Lauber EA, Lynch BP. What growth sounds like: Redemption, self-improvement, and eudaimonic growth across different life narratives in relation to well-being. J Pers 2018; 87:546-565. [PMID: 29999181 DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Revised: 06/02/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We disentangled three growth-relevant concepts (redemption, self-improvement, and eudaimonic growth) in personal narratives of high, low, and turning points and tested their relations to well-being. METHOD In two studies, participants (Study 1 n = 111, Study 2 n = 206; overall ages 17-83, 56% women, 75% white) wrote narratives of high points, low points, and turning points. Researchers coded each narrative for redemption sequences (i.e., affectively valenced changes in life from bad to good), self-improvement sequences (i.e., affectively valenced changes in oneself for the better), and themes of eudaimonic growth (i.e., values or motives for cultivating meaningful activities or relationships, helping others, or wisdom). Participants also self-reported well-being. RESULTS Redemption sequences in low points predicted higher well-being but in high points predicted lower well-being. Self-improvement sequences and growth themes each predicted higher well-being in each life event (and interacted in high points). Growth themes consistently mediated predicted relations between both redemption and self-improvement sequences and well-being. Findings held when controlling for global narrative affect, self-reported growth motivation, and big-five traits. CONCLUSIONS Thematic motives for eudaimonic growth were more closely tied to well-being than were affective evaluations of either changes from bad to good (redemption) or one's becoming better (self-improvement).
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- Jack J Bauer
- Department of Psychology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
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- Department of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
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- Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Psychology, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, New York
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Bauer JJ, King LA, Steger MF. Meaning making, self-determination theory, and the question of wisdom in personality. J Pers 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nourkova VV, Vasilenko DA. On the advantage of autobiographical memory pliability: implantation of positive self-defining memories reduces trait anxiety. Memory 2017; 26:869-881. [PMID: 29284340 DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2017.1420195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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This paper is devoted to the mechanism of the positive construction of autobiographical memory. Positive construction consists of the spontaneous transformation of memories in the direction of the subjective enhancement of self-competence in past activities to anticipate improvement over time. We speculated that trait anxiety may indicate a failure to exhibit this mechanism that results in a deficit of affirmative self-esteem. We hypothesised that the implantation of positive self-defining memories in anxiety-evoking domains would decrease trait anxiety. One hundred twenty adults recollected three negative self-defining memories. Then, half of the participants imagined episodes of desired behaviour that differed from the originally recollected ones either in discussion or in hypnosis. Thirty participants experienced a hypnotic state without any references to memories, and the rest formed the control group. Subjects from the "Memory Implantation in Hypnosis" group became unable to distinguish the originally reported memories from the imagined ones, exhibited decreased trait anxiety scores after a 4-month delay, and reported enhanced self-esteem. In contrast, the participants from the "Hypnosis with no reference to the past" group exhibited decreased scores at a short delay but later returned to their original scores. These findings highlight the power of cured episodic-like autobiographical memory for updating the self.
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- Veronika V Nourkova
- a Department of General Psychology , Lomonosov Moscow State University , Moscow , Russia
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- a Department of General Psychology , Lomonosov Moscow State University , Moscow , Russia
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Renger D, Renger S, Miché M, Simon B. A Social Recognition Approach to Autonomy: The Role of Equality-Based Respect. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN 2017; 43:479-492. [PMID: 28903658 DOI: 10.1177/0146167216688212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Inspired by philosophical reasoning about the connection between equality and freedom, we examined whether experiences of (equality-based) respect increase perceived autonomy. This link was tested with generalized experiences of respect and autonomy people make in their daily lives (Study 1) and with more specific experiences of employees at the workplace (Study 2). In both studies, respect strongly and independently contributed to perceived autonomy over and above other forms of social recognition (need-based care and achievement-based social esteem) and further affected (life/work) satisfaction. Study 3 experimentally confirmed the hypothesized causal influence of respect on perceived autonomy and demonstrated that this effect further translates into social cooperation. The respect-cooperation link was simultaneously mediated by perceived autonomy and superordinate collective identification. We discuss how the recognition approach, which differentiates between respect, care, and social esteem, can enrich research on autonomy.
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Philippe FL, Dobbin AE, Ross S, Houle I. Resilience facilitates positive emotionality and integration of negative memories in need satisfying memory networks: An experimental study. JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2017.1365158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Frederick L. Philippe
- ELABORER – Laboratory for Research on Emotions and Representations, Department of Psychology, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- The Foundation for Positive Mental Health, Edinburgh, UK
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- ELABORER – Laboratory for Research on Emotions and Representations, Department of Psychology, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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Di Domenico SI, Fournier MA, Rodrigo AH, Dong M, Ayaz H, Ruocco AC. Need fulfillment and the modulation of medial prefrontal activity when judging remembered past, perceived present, and imagined future identities. SELF AND IDENTITY 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2017.1327452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Stefano I. Di Domenico
- Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Strathfield, Australia
- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Houle I, Philippe FL. Need satisfaction in episodic memories impacts mood at retrieval and well-being over time. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.09.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Nishimura T, Suzuki T. Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration in Japan: Controlling for the Big Five Personality Traits. JAPANESE PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/jpr.12131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Guilbault V, Philippe FL. Commitment in romantic relationships as a function of partners' encoding of important couple-related memories. Memory 2016; 25:595-606. [PMID: 27310766 DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2016.1197943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate how significant couple-related events are encoded in the episodic memory of each partner of a romantic relationship and how they relate to each of these partners' level of commitment in an independent and additive fashion. Each partner of a couple reported a significant couple-related memory and rated their level of need satisfaction experienced during the event of the memory. In addition, each partner was shown his/her partner's memory and also rated their own level of need satisfaction for this event. Results showed that partners need satisfaction ratings of their own memory positively predicted their own commitment to the relationship directly (for women) as well as through their need satisfaction generally experienced in the relationship (for men). In addition, men's need satisfaction ratings of their own memory were associated with women's commitment while controlling for women's need satisfaction ratings of men's memory, but no such cross-partner effects were found for women. Overall, the findings shed light on an initial understanding of how a person's own memory of an event can impact another person's attitudes even when taking into account this other person's memory encoding of that same event.
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- Valerie Guilbault
- a Department of Psychology , University of Quebec at Montreal , Montreal , Quebec , Canada
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- a Department of Psychology , University of Quebec at Montreal , Montreal , Quebec , Canada
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Philippe FL, Bernard-Desrosiers L. The Odyssey of Episodic Memories: Identifying the Paths and Processes Through Which They Contribute to Well-Being. J Pers 2016; 85:518-529. [PMID: 27087385 DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This research highlights the processes through which lasting episodic memories and their characterized level of need satisfaction (autonomy, competence, and relatedness) can impact well-being, both at the situational level and over time. METHOD Study 1 (N = 92, Mage = 42.07 years, 72% female) investigated the effect of the unconscious activation of a personal episodic memory on situational well-being using a subliminal priming procedure. Study 2 (N = 275, Mage = 22.45 years, 84% female) followed the odyssey of an episodic memory by examining at various points over time its abstraction into perceptions of general need satisfaction and its long-term effect on well-being. RESULTS Study 1 revealed that the activation of a need-satisfying memory produced an immediate increase in well-being, whereas the triggering of a need-thwarting memory led to an immediate decrease in well-being compared to controls. Study 2 revealed little influence of individual differences, but need satisfaction in episodic memories had a significant cumulative impact on well-being at different points in time over months and was abstracted into greater perceptions of general need satisfaction over time. CONCLUSION Results provide convincing evidence for the directive function of memories on well-being, both at the situational level and over time.
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Adler JM, Turner AF, Brookshier KM, Monahan C, Walder-Biesanz I, Harmeling LH, Albaugh M, McAdams DP, Oltmanns TF. Variation in narrative identity is associated with trajectories of mental health over several years. J Pers Soc Psychol 2016; 108:476-96. [PMID: 25751718 DOI: 10.1037/a0038601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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This article presents 2 longitudinal studies designed to assess the relationship between variability in narrative identity and trajectories of mental health over several years. In Study 1, core scenes from 89 late-mid-life adults' life stories were assessed for several narrative themes. Participants' mental health and physical health were assessed concurrently with the narratives and annually for the subsequent 4 years. Concurrent analyses indicated that the themes of agency, redemption, and contamination were significantly associated with mental health. Longitudinal analyses indicated that these same 3 themes were significantly associated with participants' trajectories of mental health over the course of 4 years. Exploratory analyses indicated that narratives of challenging experiences may be central to this pattern of results. In Study 2, similar longitudinal analyses were conducted on a sample of 27 late-mid-life adults who received a major physical illness diagnosis between the baseline assessment and 6 months later and a matched sample of 27 control participants who remained healthy throughout the study. Participants' mental health and physical health were assessed every 6 months for 2 years. In this study, the themes of agency, communion, redemption, and contamination in participants' life narratives collected at baseline (before any participant became sick) were significantly associated with mental health in the group of participants who went on to receive a medical diagnosis, but not in the control group. Taken together, the results of these 2 studies indicate that the way an individual constructs personal narratives may impact his or her trajectory of mental health over time.
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- Department of Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University
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Wang L, Tao T, Fan C, Gao W. Does psychological need satisfaction perceived online enhance well-being? Psych J 2015; 4:146-54. [PMID: 26354155 DOI: 10.1002/pchj.98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Ligang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Mental Health; Institute of Psychology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing China
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- Key Laboratory of Mental Health; Institute of Psychology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing China
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- Key Laboratory of Mental Health; Institute of Psychology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing China
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- Key Laboratory of Mental Health; Institute of Psychology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing China
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Adler JM, Lodi-Smith J, Philippe FL, Houle I. The Incremental Validity of Narrative Identity in Predicting Well-Being. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW 2015; 20:142-75. [PMID: 25968138 DOI: 10.1177/1088868315585068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Grounded in four theoretical positions—structural, cognitive, phenomenological, and ethical—the present review demonstrates the empirical evidence for the incremental validity of narrative identity as a cross-sectional indicator and prospective predictor of well-being, compared with other individual difference and situational variables. In doing so, we develop an organizational framework of four categories of narrative variables: (a) motivational themes, (b) affective themes, (c) themes of integrative meaning, and (d) structural elements. Using this framework, we detail empirical evidence supporting the incremental association between narrative identity and well-being, a case that is strongest for motivational, affective, and integrative meaning themes. These categories of themes serve as vital complimentary correlates and predictors of well-being, alongside commonly assessed variables such as dispositional personality traits. We then use the theoretically grounded review of the empirical literature to develop concrete areas of future research for the field.
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Bouizegarene N, Philippe FL. Episodic memories as building blocks of identity processing styles and life domains satisfaction: Examining need satisfaction and need for cognitive closure in memories. Memory 2015; 24:616-28. [PMID: 25955020 DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2015.1034138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Lekes N, Guilbault V, Philippe FL, Houle I. Remembering events related to close relationships, self-growth, and helping others: Intrinsic autobiographical memories, need satisfaction, and well-being. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2014.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Philippe FL, Bouizegarene N, Guilbault V, Rajotte G, Houle I. The chicken or the egg? Systematic investigation of the effect of order of administration of Memory Questionnaires and Well-being Scales. Memory 2014; 23:1056-69. [DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2014.953547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Milyavskaya M, Nadolny D, Koestner R. Where Do Self-Concordant Goals Come From? The Role of Domain-Specific Psychological Need Satisfaction. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN 2014; 40:700-711. [DOI: 10.1177/0146167214524445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Previous research has shown that self-concordant goals are more likely to be attained. But what leads someone to adopt a self-concordant goal in the first place? The present research addresses this question by looking at the domains in which goals are set, focusing on the amount of psychological need satisfaction experienced in these domains. Across three experimental studies, we demonstrate that domain-related need satisfaction predicts the extent to which people adopt self-concordant goals in a given domain, laying the foundation for successful goal pursuit. In addition, we show that need satisfaction influences goal self-concordance because in need-satisfying domains people are both more likely to choose the most self-concordant goal (among a set of comparable choices), and are more likely to internalize the possible goals. The implications of this research for goal setting and pursuit as well as for the importance of examining goals within their broader motivational framework are discussed.
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Psychological need satisfaction across levels of experience: Their organization and contribution to general well-being. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2012.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Breitborde NJK, Kleinlein P, Srihari VH. Self-determination and first-episode psychosis: associations with symptomatology, social and vocational functioning, and quality of life. Schizophr Res 2012; 137:132-6. [PMID: 22445463 PMCID: PMC3351585 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.02.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2011] [Revised: 02/20/2012] [Accepted: 02/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Self-determination theory (SDT) postulates that satisfaction of three basic psychological needs (i.e., autonomy, competence, and well-being) promotes motivation, well-being, and growth across domains of functioning. Thus, per SDT, we examined satisfaction of basic psychological needs among individuals with first-episode psychosis. First, we quantified the level of need satisfaction among a sample of individuals with first-episode psychosis and compared their level of need satisfaction to that of individuals without psychosis. Second, we examined the association between need satisfaction and several domains of well-being among individuals with first-episode psychosis (i.e., symptomatology, social/vocational functioning, and quality of life). Our results indicated that individuals with first-episode psychosis experience less satisfaction of basic psychological needs as compared to their same-aged counterparts. There was a modest association between need satisfaction and well-being among individuals with first-episode, with the need of relatedness being the need most frequently associated with indices of well-being. Although modest in scope, the results of the current study raise the possibility that further investigation of SDT among individuals with first-episode psychosis may reveal important strategies through which early intervention services can better promote well-being and recovery.
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Philippe FL, Koestner R, Beaulieu-Pelletier G, Lecours S, Lekes N. The Role of Episodic Memories in Current and Future Well-Being. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN 2011; 38:505-19. [DOI: 10.1177/0146167211429805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The purpose of the present research was to examine the automatic role of psychological need satisfaction in episodic memories and in their associated networked memories on people’s sense of well-being. In each of four studies, participants were asked to describe a main episodic memory and networked memories, that is, other memories related to their main episodic memory. Results of Studies 1 and 2 revealed that levels of need satisfaction in a main episodic memory and in its networked memories both uniquely contributed to the prediction of well-being (based on either participants’ or peers’ ratings). Study 3 examined the automatic effect of priming an episodic memory network on people’s well-being in the here and now. Study 4 revealed that need satisfaction in episodic memory networks predicted changes in well-being over time. In addition, this relationship held after controlling for broad dispositional traits, mental health, and general need satisfaction ratings.
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