Family Narratives and the Development of an Autobiographical Self: Social and Cultural Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Narratives
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Autobiographical Memory: Theoretical Foundations
	Defining Autobiographical Memory
		Autobiographical Memory is Reconstructive
		Autobiographical Memory Normally Varies in Accuracy and Stability
	The Functions of Autobiographical Memory
		Directing Future Behavior
		Defining Self and Relationships
		Regulating Emotions
	Cultural Life Scripts, Master Narratives, and Autobiography
	Summary
3 The Autobiographical Self: Developmental Foundations
	The Development of Episodic Memory
	The Transition from Episodic to Autobiographical Memory
		Self in the Present
		Self in the Past
		Linking the Present Self to the Past Self
		Acquiring Theory of Mind
	Language and Narrative in Autobiography
	The Social Construction of a Temporally Extended Self
4 Maternal Reminiscing Style: The Emergence of Individual Differences in the Autobiographical Self
	Defining Maternal Reminiscing Style: Early Beginnings
		Initial Questions
		Basic Methodology
		Are There Individual Differences in Maternal Reminiscing?
	Does Maternal Reminiscing Style Matter?
	Elaborating on Maternal Elaborative Style
		Maternal Characteristics Related to Reminiscing Style
		Child Characteristics Related to Reminiscing Style
		Relational Characteristics: Attachment and Maternal Reminiscing Style
	Summary
5 The Developing Autobiographical Self: How Gender Matters
	Mothers and Fathers
	Daughters and Sons
	Beyond the Preschool Years
	Gendered Language
	The Emergence of Gender Differences in Autobiographical Narratives
	Summary
6 Why Reminiscing Matters: How Early Parent–Child
Reminiscing Shapes Cognitive Outcomes
	Language and Literacy
	Strategic Memory
	Theory of Mind
	Summary
7 Why Reminiscing Matters: How Early Parent–ChildReminiscing Shapes Social and Emotional Outcomes
	Emotional Regulation
	Self-Concept
	Summary
8 Family Reminiscing: How Families Share the Personaland Family Past
	The Ecology of Family Narratives
		Shared Family Narratives
		Narratives Around the Dinner Table
		Family Reminiscing and Emotional Well-Being
	Summary
9 The Life Story: Adolescence and the Emergence of an Autobiographical Voice
	Adolescence and the Emergence of Identity
	The Life Narrative
		Family Reminiscing and the Construction of Personal Life Narratives
		Enduring Effects of Early Maternal Reminiscing Style
		Changes in Autobiographical Reminiscing Across Childhood
	Narrative Meaning-Making,Voice, and Well-Being
		Gendered Narrative Voices
		Gender Identity
		Narrative Voice and Well-Being
	Beyond Adolescence: Narrative Identity and Well-Being
	Summary
10 Beyond the Autobiographical Self: The Intergenerational Self
	Intergenerational Narratives as Frameworks
	Intergenerational Narratives Told and Heard
	Intergenerational Narratives, Identity, and Well-Being
	Modeling Narrative Identity
	Family History and the Benefits of Telling Family Stories
	Summary
11 Beyond the Autobiographical Self: The Cultural Self
	Culture and Narrative
		Master Narratives
	Culture and Autobiographical Memory
	Culture and Maternal Reminiscing Style
	Cultural Narrative Identities in Adolescence
	The Expression of Cultural Identities in Family Reminiscing
		Cultural Identities in Family Narratives
		Intergenerational Narratives Across Cultures
	Cultural Identities in Historical Context
	Summary
12 The Dark Side of Family Stories
	Family Secrets
	Voice and Silence in Shared Family Stories
	Psychopathology, Family Violence, and Reminiscing
		Voice and Silence in Intergenerational Narratives
		Traumatizing Family Histories
	Summary
13 The Autobiographical Self: Beginnings, Middles, andEnds
	Stories Yet Untold
	Coda
References
Index