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Narrative identity is the term for the desire for a coherent life narrative

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Is it true that narrative identity is the term for the desire for a coherent life narrative?

Yes. Narrative identity is widely defined in psychological and philosophical literature as the internal story individuals construct to integrate their life experiences, providing a sense of coherence, unity, and purpose.

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Wikipedia: Narrative identity
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Wikipedia: Narrative identity. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_identity

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American Psychological Association: Turns in the road : narrative studies of lives in transition
States identity is a life story told to maintain a narrative perspective.
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American Psychological Association: Turns in the road : narrative studies of lives in transition. (n.d.). American Psychological Association. https://archive.org/details/turnsinroadnarra0000unse

Routledge: Stories and their limits : narrative approaches to bioethics
1997
Mentions guidance by the desire for a good story and self-authored life-narratives.
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Routledge: Stories and their limits : narrative approaches to bioethics. (1997). Routledge. https://archive.org/details/storiestheirlimi0000unse

Oxford University Press: Reading our lives : the poetics of growing old
2008
Quotes that the quest for a story is the quest for a life.
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1950-, R. W. L. (2008). Oxford University Press: Reading our lives : the poetics of growing old. Oxford University Press. https://archive.org/details/readingourlivesp0000rand

OpenAIRE: The Potential Role of Life-Writing Therapy in Facilitating ‘Recovery’ for Those with Mental Illness
2008
Notes that people need to build a coherent narrative that explains past experience.
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OpenAIRE: The Potential Role of Life-Writing Therapy in Facilitating ‘Recovery’ for Those with Mental Illness. (2008). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.110

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