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Autobiography as a Tool for Self-Construction: A Study of Patients With Mental Disorders
Ist Teil von
The journal of nervous and mental disease, 2008-07, Vol.196 (7), p.531-537
Ort / Verlag
Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc
Erscheinungsjahr
2008
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MEDLINE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
The aim of the present study was to explore how the autobiographical process can lead to a transformation in the quality of psychiatric patients’ self-narrative. Fifteen participants, with ages ranging from 25 to 40 years and affected by axis I psychiatric disorders (DSM IV), were selected to participate. A 10-question interview referring to 10 autobiographical cruxes was used to collect autobiographical data; the interview was readministered 2 weeks later. A coding system (the N.O.I.S.) was used to analyze each participantʼs 2 autobiographical productions. Results from the second interviews showed significant and positive transformations in the quality of patients’ autobiographical representation.