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  • The life story from age 26 to 32: Rank-order stability and mean-level change.
    Journal of Personality, 2017
    Co-Authors: Sonia Sengsavang, Michael W. Pratt, Susan Alisat, Pamela Sadler
    Abstract:

    Objective: In this longitudinal, mixed-methods project, the primary focus was to examine the rank-order stability and mean-level change in the life story during the period of emerging to young adulthood, while also investigating how the transition to parenthood may impact the life story. Method: Seventy-two participants described three key life story scenes at age 26 and again at 32 (28% attrition from age 26 to 32). The narratives were coded for a range of features, including motivational themes (agency, communion), affective themes (emotional tone), an integrative meaning theme (coherent Positive Resolution), and a structural property (narrative complexity). Results: Overall, there was moderate temporal stability and mean-level increase in several features of narrative identity over this key period. Positive changes in communion levels and overall emotional tone of life story scenes were especially evident for new parents at age 32. Conclusion: These longitudinal results suggested that adopting new social roles, in this case becoming a parent, predicted how the life story was expressed, just as they seemed to influence other levels of personality such as traits, following the social investment principle. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

  • Positive parenting in adolescence and its relation to low point narration and identity status in emerging adulthood a longitudinal analysis
    Developmental Psychology, 2009
    Co-Authors: Tara M. Dumas, Heather L. Lawford, Thanh-thanh Tieu, Michael W. Pratt
    Abstract:

    In this longitudinal study, we examined identity development using the life story model (McAdams, 2001), in addition to a traditional identity status approach, in order to explore the association between perceived parenting in adolescence and the subsequent quality of life story narration in emerging adulthood. Participants (N 100) were given a battery of questionnaires at ages 17 and 26 years and were asked to narrate a story at age 26 about their most difficult life experience. Low point narratives were analyzed for evidence of concluding clarity, Resolution, and affective tone, termed coherent Positive Resolution (Pals, 2006). Structural equation modeling showed that participants who experienced more Positive parenting at age 17 narrated their low points with clearer evidence of coherent Positive Resolution at age 26. Coherent Positive Resolution of the low point was also related to concurrent measures of identity achievement and emotional adjustment at age 26. Discussion centers on the potential impact of Positive parenting as a contributor to healthy low point narration and identity in emerging adulthood. Narrative approaches are becoming increasingly important in understanding the complexity of identity development (McAdams, 2006). In the present longitudinal study, we focus on how narra- tives of personal "low point" life events by emerging adults may be associated with traditional identity status development, and may be in part predicted from earlier parenting experiences. To accomplish these goals, we employed two distinct ap- proaches to measuring adolescent identity, through both traditional identity status measures (Marcia, 1966) and the narrative life story (McAdams, 1993), in order to provide a rich conceptualization of the characteristics and processes that define identity development. Both approaches emerge from Erikson's (1968) early theorizing; however, researchers using the identity status methodology inves- tigate identity achievement by measuring the extent of adolescent life choices and actions, whereas advocates of the narrative life story, such as McAdams (1993), view identity as defined by a personal life story that helps people to understand and give con- tinuity and meaning to their life experiences. In terms of the narrative life story, we were interested in examining late adolescents' perceptions of Positive parenting in relation to their tendency to later narrate more resolved and inte- grated low point stories as emerging adults. Difficult life events disrupt the expected flow of life, often necessitating increased cognitive effort and reflection to assimilate them into the greater life story (e.g., McLean & Thorne, 2003; Piaget, 1965). The experience of Positive parenting in adolescence may equip emerg- ing adults with the support, encouragement, and security that they need to explore and resolve their difficult life events in a coherent and adaptive manner. This effective narrative understanding of low points has been previously linked to greater life satisfaction in midlife adults (Pals, 2006). It may influence emerging adults to further explore and understand their life events, thereby promoting greater identity achievement. We have found no research to date that has explored the potential connection between parenting in adolescence and the subsequent narration of life stories. In this longitudinal study, we examined Positive parenting in late adoles- cence as a potential predictor of the tendency to narrate low points with a clear and Positive Resolution 9 years later, in emerging adulthood. As well, we were interested in the relationship between Positive low point narration, identity status, and emotional adjust- ment at age 26. We first review research on the life story approach to identity development and then consider the possible role of earlier parenting in such development.

  • Positive parenting in adolescence and its relation to low point narration and identity status in emerging adulthood: a longitudinal analysis.
    Developmental Psychology, 2009
    Co-Authors: Tara M. Dumas, Heather L. Lawford, Thanh-thanh Tieu, Michael W. Pratt
    Abstract:

    In this longitudinal study, we examined identity development using the life story model (McAdams, 2001), in addition to a traditional identity status approach, in order to explore the association between perceived parenting in adolescence and the subsequent quality of life story narration in emerging adulthood. Participants (N = 100) were given a battery of questionnaires at ages 17 and 26 years and were asked to narrate a story at age 26 about their most difficult life experience. Low point narratives were analyzed for evidence of concluding clarity, Resolution, and affective tone, termed coherent Positive Resolution (Pals, 2006). Structural equation modeling showed that participants who experienced more Positive parenting at age 17 narrated their low points with clearer evidence of coherent Positive Resolution at age 26. Coherent Positive Resolution of the low point was also related to concurrent measures of identity achievement and emotional adjustment at age 26. Discussion centers on the potential impact of Positive parenting as a contributor to healthy low point narration and identity in emerging adulthood.

Tara M. Dumas - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Positive parenting in adolescence and its relation to low point narration and identity status in emerging adulthood a longitudinal analysis
    Developmental Psychology, 2009
    Co-Authors: Tara M. Dumas, Heather L. Lawford, Thanh-thanh Tieu, Michael W. Pratt
    Abstract:

    In this longitudinal study, we examined identity development using the life story model (McAdams, 2001), in addition to a traditional identity status approach, in order to explore the association between perceived parenting in adolescence and the subsequent quality of life story narration in emerging adulthood. Participants (N 100) were given a battery of questionnaires at ages 17 and 26 years and were asked to narrate a story at age 26 about their most difficult life experience. Low point narratives were analyzed for evidence of concluding clarity, Resolution, and affective tone, termed coherent Positive Resolution (Pals, 2006). Structural equation modeling showed that participants who experienced more Positive parenting at age 17 narrated their low points with clearer evidence of coherent Positive Resolution at age 26. Coherent Positive Resolution of the low point was also related to concurrent measures of identity achievement and emotional adjustment at age 26. Discussion centers on the potential impact of Positive parenting as a contributor to healthy low point narration and identity in emerging adulthood. Narrative approaches are becoming increasingly important in understanding the complexity of identity development (McAdams, 2006). In the present longitudinal study, we focus on how narra- tives of personal "low point" life events by emerging adults may be associated with traditional identity status development, and may be in part predicted from earlier parenting experiences. To accomplish these goals, we employed two distinct ap- proaches to measuring adolescent identity, through both traditional identity status measures (Marcia, 1966) and the narrative life story (McAdams, 1993), in order to provide a rich conceptualization of the characteristics and processes that define identity development. Both approaches emerge from Erikson's (1968) early theorizing; however, researchers using the identity status methodology inves- tigate identity achievement by measuring the extent of adolescent life choices and actions, whereas advocates of the narrative life story, such as McAdams (1993), view identity as defined by a personal life story that helps people to understand and give con- tinuity and meaning to their life experiences. In terms of the narrative life story, we were interested in examining late adolescents' perceptions of Positive parenting in relation to their tendency to later narrate more resolved and inte- grated low point stories as emerging adults. Difficult life events disrupt the expected flow of life, often necessitating increased cognitive effort and reflection to assimilate them into the greater life story (e.g., McLean & Thorne, 2003; Piaget, 1965). The experience of Positive parenting in adolescence may equip emerg- ing adults with the support, encouragement, and security that they need to explore and resolve their difficult life events in a coherent and adaptive manner. This effective narrative understanding of low points has been previously linked to greater life satisfaction in midlife adults (Pals, 2006). It may influence emerging adults to further explore and understand their life events, thereby promoting greater identity achievement. We have found no research to date that has explored the potential connection between parenting in adolescence and the subsequent narration of life stories. In this longitudinal study, we examined Positive parenting in late adoles- cence as a potential predictor of the tendency to narrate low points with a clear and Positive Resolution 9 years later, in emerging adulthood. As well, we were interested in the relationship between Positive low point narration, identity status, and emotional adjust- ment at age 26. We first review research on the life story approach to identity development and then consider the possible role of earlier parenting in such development.

  • Positive parenting in adolescence and its relation to low point narration and identity status in emerging adulthood: a longitudinal analysis.
    Developmental Psychology, 2009
    Co-Authors: Tara M. Dumas, Heather L. Lawford, Thanh-thanh Tieu, Michael W. Pratt
    Abstract:

    In this longitudinal study, we examined identity development using the life story model (McAdams, 2001), in addition to a traditional identity status approach, in order to explore the association between perceived parenting in adolescence and the subsequent quality of life story narration in emerging adulthood. Participants (N = 100) were given a battery of questionnaires at ages 17 and 26 years and were asked to narrate a story at age 26 about their most difficult life experience. Low point narratives were analyzed for evidence of concluding clarity, Resolution, and affective tone, termed coherent Positive Resolution (Pals, 2006). Structural equation modeling showed that participants who experienced more Positive parenting at age 17 narrated their low points with clearer evidence of coherent Positive Resolution at age 26. Coherent Positive Resolution of the low point was also related to concurrent measures of identity achievement and emotional adjustment at age 26. Discussion centers on the potential impact of Positive parenting as a contributor to healthy low point narration and identity in emerging adulthood.

Joseph E. Bonin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • A Note on the Sticky Matroid Conjecture
    Annals of Combinatorics, 2011
    Co-Authors: Joseph E. Bonin
    Abstract:

    A matroid is sticky if any two of its extensions by disjoint sets can be glued together along the common restriction (that is, they have an amalgam). The sticky matroid conjecture asserts that a matroid is sticky if and only if it is modular. Poljak and Turzík proved that no rank-3 matroid having two disjoint lines is sticky. We show that, for r ≥ 3, no rank− r matroid having two disjoint hyperplanes is sticky. These and earlier results show that the sticky matroid conjecture for finite matroids would follow from a Positive Resolution of the rank-4 case of a conjecture of Kantor.

  • A Note on the Sticky Matroid Conjecture
    arXiv: Combinatorics, 2009
    Co-Authors: Joseph E. Bonin
    Abstract:

    A matroid is sticky if any two of its extensions by disjoint sets can be glued together along the common restriction (that is, they have an amalgam). The sticky matroid conjecture asserts that a matroid is sticky if and only if it is modular. Poljak and Turzik proved that no rank-3 matroid having two disjoint lines is sticky. We show that, for r at least 3, no rank-r matroid having two disjoint hyperplanes is sticky. These and earlier results show that the sticky matroid conjecture for finite matroids would follow from a Positive Resolution of the rank-4 case of a conjecture of Kantor.

Thanh-thanh Tieu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Positive parenting in adolescence and its relation to low point narration and identity status in emerging adulthood a longitudinal analysis
    Developmental Psychology, 2009
    Co-Authors: Tara M. Dumas, Heather L. Lawford, Thanh-thanh Tieu, Michael W. Pratt
    Abstract:

    In this longitudinal study, we examined identity development using the life story model (McAdams, 2001), in addition to a traditional identity status approach, in order to explore the association between perceived parenting in adolescence and the subsequent quality of life story narration in emerging adulthood. Participants (N 100) were given a battery of questionnaires at ages 17 and 26 years and were asked to narrate a story at age 26 about their most difficult life experience. Low point narratives were analyzed for evidence of concluding clarity, Resolution, and affective tone, termed coherent Positive Resolution (Pals, 2006). Structural equation modeling showed that participants who experienced more Positive parenting at age 17 narrated their low points with clearer evidence of coherent Positive Resolution at age 26. Coherent Positive Resolution of the low point was also related to concurrent measures of identity achievement and emotional adjustment at age 26. Discussion centers on the potential impact of Positive parenting as a contributor to healthy low point narration and identity in emerging adulthood. Narrative approaches are becoming increasingly important in understanding the complexity of identity development (McAdams, 2006). In the present longitudinal study, we focus on how narra- tives of personal "low point" life events by emerging adults may be associated with traditional identity status development, and may be in part predicted from earlier parenting experiences. To accomplish these goals, we employed two distinct ap- proaches to measuring adolescent identity, through both traditional identity status measures (Marcia, 1966) and the narrative life story (McAdams, 1993), in order to provide a rich conceptualization of the characteristics and processes that define identity development. Both approaches emerge from Erikson's (1968) early theorizing; however, researchers using the identity status methodology inves- tigate identity achievement by measuring the extent of adolescent life choices and actions, whereas advocates of the narrative life story, such as McAdams (1993), view identity as defined by a personal life story that helps people to understand and give con- tinuity and meaning to their life experiences. In terms of the narrative life story, we were interested in examining late adolescents' perceptions of Positive parenting in relation to their tendency to later narrate more resolved and inte- grated low point stories as emerging adults. Difficult life events disrupt the expected flow of life, often necessitating increased cognitive effort and reflection to assimilate them into the greater life story (e.g., McLean & Thorne, 2003; Piaget, 1965). The experience of Positive parenting in adolescence may equip emerg- ing adults with the support, encouragement, and security that they need to explore and resolve their difficult life events in a coherent and adaptive manner. This effective narrative understanding of low points has been previously linked to greater life satisfaction in midlife adults (Pals, 2006). It may influence emerging adults to further explore and understand their life events, thereby promoting greater identity achievement. We have found no research to date that has explored the potential connection between parenting in adolescence and the subsequent narration of life stories. In this longitudinal study, we examined Positive parenting in late adoles- cence as a potential predictor of the tendency to narrate low points with a clear and Positive Resolution 9 years later, in emerging adulthood. As well, we were interested in the relationship between Positive low point narration, identity status, and emotional adjust- ment at age 26. We first review research on the life story approach to identity development and then consider the possible role of earlier parenting in such development.

  • Positive parenting in adolescence and its relation to low point narration and identity status in emerging adulthood: a longitudinal analysis.
    Developmental Psychology, 2009
    Co-Authors: Tara M. Dumas, Heather L. Lawford, Thanh-thanh Tieu, Michael W. Pratt
    Abstract:

    In this longitudinal study, we examined identity development using the life story model (McAdams, 2001), in addition to a traditional identity status approach, in order to explore the association between perceived parenting in adolescence and the subsequent quality of life story narration in emerging adulthood. Participants (N = 100) were given a battery of questionnaires at ages 17 and 26 years and were asked to narrate a story at age 26 about their most difficult life experience. Low point narratives were analyzed for evidence of concluding clarity, Resolution, and affective tone, termed coherent Positive Resolution (Pals, 2006). Structural equation modeling showed that participants who experienced more Positive parenting at age 17 narrated their low points with clearer evidence of coherent Positive Resolution at age 26. Coherent Positive Resolution of the low point was also related to concurrent measures of identity achievement and emotional adjustment at age 26. Discussion centers on the potential impact of Positive parenting as a contributor to healthy low point narration and identity in emerging adulthood.

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  • Positive parenting in adolescence and its relation to low point narration and identity status in emerging adulthood a longitudinal analysis
    Developmental Psychology, 2009
    Co-Authors: Tara M. Dumas, Heather L. Lawford, Thanh-thanh Tieu, Michael W. Pratt
    Abstract:

    In this longitudinal study, we examined identity development using the life story model (McAdams, 2001), in addition to a traditional identity status approach, in order to explore the association between perceived parenting in adolescence and the subsequent quality of life story narration in emerging adulthood. Participants (N 100) were given a battery of questionnaires at ages 17 and 26 years and were asked to narrate a story at age 26 about their most difficult life experience. Low point narratives were analyzed for evidence of concluding clarity, Resolution, and affective tone, termed coherent Positive Resolution (Pals, 2006). Structural equation modeling showed that participants who experienced more Positive parenting at age 17 narrated their low points with clearer evidence of coherent Positive Resolution at age 26. Coherent Positive Resolution of the low point was also related to concurrent measures of identity achievement and emotional adjustment at age 26. Discussion centers on the potential impact of Positive parenting as a contributor to healthy low point narration and identity in emerging adulthood. Narrative approaches are becoming increasingly important in understanding the complexity of identity development (McAdams, 2006). In the present longitudinal study, we focus on how narra- tives of personal "low point" life events by emerging adults may be associated with traditional identity status development, and may be in part predicted from earlier parenting experiences. To accomplish these goals, we employed two distinct ap- proaches to measuring adolescent identity, through both traditional identity status measures (Marcia, 1966) and the narrative life story (McAdams, 1993), in order to provide a rich conceptualization of the characteristics and processes that define identity development. Both approaches emerge from Erikson's (1968) early theorizing; however, researchers using the identity status methodology inves- tigate identity achievement by measuring the extent of adolescent life choices and actions, whereas advocates of the narrative life story, such as McAdams (1993), view identity as defined by a personal life story that helps people to understand and give con- tinuity and meaning to their life experiences. In terms of the narrative life story, we were interested in examining late adolescents' perceptions of Positive parenting in relation to their tendency to later narrate more resolved and inte- grated low point stories as emerging adults. Difficult life events disrupt the expected flow of life, often necessitating increased cognitive effort and reflection to assimilate them into the greater life story (e.g., McLean & Thorne, 2003; Piaget, 1965). The experience of Positive parenting in adolescence may equip emerg- ing adults with the support, encouragement, and security that they need to explore and resolve their difficult life events in a coherent and adaptive manner. This effective narrative understanding of low points has been previously linked to greater life satisfaction in midlife adults (Pals, 2006). It may influence emerging adults to further explore and understand their life events, thereby promoting greater identity achievement. We have found no research to date that has explored the potential connection between parenting in adolescence and the subsequent narration of life stories. In this longitudinal study, we examined Positive parenting in late adoles- cence as a potential predictor of the tendency to narrate low points with a clear and Positive Resolution 9 years later, in emerging adulthood. As well, we were interested in the relationship between Positive low point narration, identity status, and emotional adjust- ment at age 26. We first review research on the life story approach to identity development and then consider the possible role of earlier parenting in such development.

  • Positive parenting in adolescence and its relation to low point narration and identity status in emerging adulthood: a longitudinal analysis.
    Developmental Psychology, 2009
    Co-Authors: Tara M. Dumas, Heather L. Lawford, Thanh-thanh Tieu, Michael W. Pratt
    Abstract:

    In this longitudinal study, we examined identity development using the life story model (McAdams, 2001), in addition to a traditional identity status approach, in order to explore the association between perceived parenting in adolescence and the subsequent quality of life story narration in emerging adulthood. Participants (N = 100) were given a battery of questionnaires at ages 17 and 26 years and were asked to narrate a story at age 26 about their most difficult life experience. Low point narratives were analyzed for evidence of concluding clarity, Resolution, and affective tone, termed coherent Positive Resolution (Pals, 2006). Structural equation modeling showed that participants who experienced more Positive parenting at age 17 narrated their low points with clearer evidence of coherent Positive Resolution at age 26. Coherent Positive Resolution of the low point was also related to concurrent measures of identity achievement and emotional adjustment at age 26. Discussion centers on the potential impact of Positive parenting as a contributor to healthy low point narration and identity in emerging adulthood.