Autobiographical reasoning in life narratives buffers the effect of biographical disruptions on the sense of self-continuity

摘要: Personal identity depends on synchronic coherence and diachronic continuity of the self. Autobiographical remembering autobiographical knowledge as well stability bodily integrity, social roles, significant others physical sociocultural environment have been suggested supporting a pre-reflective sense self-continuity. Stark biographical discontinuities or disruptions in these areas may destabilise To test hypothesis that reasoning life narratives helps to compensate effects self-continuity, lifespan sample with ages 16, 20, 24, 28, 44 69 (N = 150, 78 female) were investigated. Results confirm if, only if there past four years, then correlates positively The findings contradict thesis mere episode...