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Autonomy, Identity, and Narrative Construction with Parents and Friends

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Narrative Development in Adolescence

Part of the book series: Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development ((ARAD))

Abstract

Recently, while testing the feasibility of a laboratory procedure for studying adolescent conversational storytelling, we recorded a series of adolescent conversations in our laboratory. Adolescents were asked to choose recent events like an important decision, a recent self-contradictory experience, or a recent self-typical experience. They discussed the experiences with both their friend and their parent, and the order of these conversations was counterbalanced. Although the data set was not large, conversations were saturated with issues of autonomy, identity, and general adolescent concerns and comparisons of conversations were illuminating. Naturally, the data we present are limited and our discussion here focuses on issues the data raise for further exploration.

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    Michael Richardson collected these data as part of another research project. We gratefully acknowledge his thoughtful research design, recruitment of participants, and careful data collection efforts.

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    Trisha L. Weeks & Monisha Pasupathi

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Weeks, T.L., Pasupathi, M. (2010). Autonomy, Identity, and Narrative Construction with Parents and Friends. In: McLean, K., Pasupathi, M. (eds) Narrative Development in Adolescence. Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89825-4_4

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