TY - JOUR
T1 - Meaning making about and across self-relevant experiences
T2 - Links with identity commitment and exploration processes and satisfaction with life in adolescence
AU - de Moor, E.L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s)
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - Making meaning is an important process through which individuals keep their identity up-to-date, but has often been measured in a way that conflates dispositional, trait-like influences with narrative-specific influences. The present study aimed to disentangle these influences during adolescence by examining the general tendency for meaning making, measured as self-event connections, across three self-relevant narratives in relation to dual-cycle processes of identity commitment and exploration and satisfaction with life (N = 162, Mage = 16.2, 67.3% female). Additionally, these associations were examined separately for the different narratives and event valences. Meaning making was related to the identity processes, but was not associated with satisfaction with life. This study emphasizes the importance of both dispositional and narrative-specific approaches to meaning making.
AB - Making meaning is an important process through which individuals keep their identity up-to-date, but has often been measured in a way that conflates dispositional, trait-like influences with narrative-specific influences. The present study aimed to disentangle these influences during adolescence by examining the general tendency for meaning making, measured as self-event connections, across three self-relevant narratives in relation to dual-cycle processes of identity commitment and exploration and satisfaction with life (N = 162, Mage = 16.2, 67.3% female). Additionally, these associations were examined separately for the different narratives and event valences. Meaning making was related to the identity processes, but was not associated with satisfaction with life. This study emphasizes the importance of both dispositional and narrative-specific approaches to meaning making.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Dual-cycle identity processes
KW - Meaning making
KW - Satisfaction with life
KW - Self-event connections
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104434
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104434
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85178180482
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 107
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
M1 - 104434
ER -