Narrative Development in Adolescence

Creating the Storied Self

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Child & Adolescent, Child Development
Cover of the book Narrative Development in Adolescence by , Springer US
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9780387898254
Publisher: Springer US Publication: November 11, 2009
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780387898254
Publisher: Springer US
Publication: November 11, 2009
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

Monisha Pasupathi and Kate C. McLean Where Have You Been, Where Are You Going? Narrative Identity in Adolescence How can we help youth move from childhood to adulthood in the most effective and positive way possible? This is a question that parents, educators, researchers, and policy makers engage with every day. In this book, we explore the potential power of the stories that youth construct as one route for such movement. Our emphasis is on how those stories serve to build a sense of identity for youth and how the kinds of stories youth tell are informed by their broader contexts – from parents and friends to nationalities and history. Identity development, and in part- ular narrative identity development, concerns the ways in which adolescents must integrate their past and present and articulate and anticipate their futures (Erikson, 1968). Viewed in this way, identity development is not only unique to adol- cence (and emergent adulthood), but also intimately linked to childhood and to adulthood. The title for this chapter, borrowed from the Joyce Carol Oates story, highlights the precarious position of adolescence in relation to the construction of identity. In this story, the protagonist, poised between childhood and adulthood, navigates a series of encounters with relatively little awareness of either her childhood past or her potential adult futures. Her choices are risky and her future, at the end, looks dark.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Monisha Pasupathi and Kate C. McLean Where Have You Been, Where Are You Going? Narrative Identity in Adolescence How can we help youth move from childhood to adulthood in the most effective and positive way possible? This is a question that parents, educators, researchers, and policy makers engage with every day. In this book, we explore the potential power of the stories that youth construct as one route for such movement. Our emphasis is on how those stories serve to build a sense of identity for youth and how the kinds of stories youth tell are informed by their broader contexts – from parents and friends to nationalities and history. Identity development, and in part- ular narrative identity development, concerns the ways in which adolescents must integrate their past and present and articulate and anticipate their futures (Erikson, 1968). Viewed in this way, identity development is not only unique to adol- cence (and emergent adulthood), but also intimately linked to childhood and to adulthood. The title for this chapter, borrowed from the Joyce Carol Oates story, highlights the precarious position of adolescence in relation to the construction of identity. In this story, the protagonist, poised between childhood and adulthood, navigates a series of encounters with relatively little awareness of either her childhood past or her potential adult futures. Her choices are risky and her future, at the end, looks dark.

More books from Springer US

Cover of the book New Microbiotests for Routine Toxicity Screening and Biomonitoring by
Cover of the book Size Exclusion Chromatography by
Cover of the book Cognitive Therapy with Couples and Groups by
Cover of the book Self-Awareness & Causal Attribution by
Cover of the book Photochemical and Photobiological Reviews by
Cover of the book Nanopackaging by
Cover of the book Optical Microscopy of Materials by
Cover of the book Cognitive Activation in the Mathematics Classroom and Professional Competence of Teachers by
Cover of the book Sexual Mutilations by
Cover of the book Planning Estuaries by
Cover of the book Bacterial Infections of Humans by
Cover of the book Cryopreservation and low temperature biology in blood transfusion by
Cover of the book MEMS Materials and Processes Handbook by
Cover of the book Issues and Reviews in Teratology by
Cover of the book Pottery Function by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy