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My Story Is Not My Own: A Qualitative Analysis Of Personal Continuity And Group Narrative, Kristín G. (Kristin Guðbjörg) Haraldsson

WWU Graduate School Collection

Personal continuity, defined as having a sense of self that persists through time, is central to most theories of identity. People create personal continuity by creating a coherent life story that explains changes and stability in identity over time, commonly referred to as narrative identity. Recent research has begun to broaden the narrative approach to identity to emphasize the role that larger cultural forces play in shaping it. Building on this turn, the current study seeks to address a gap in the literature, exploring the role that social groups and their shared narratives play in personal continuity. This study was …