Howard G S
Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, IN 46556.
Am Psychol. 1991 Mar;46(3):187-97. doi: 10.1037//0003-066x.46.3.187.
Narrative (or storytelling) approaches to understanding human action have recently become more popular in several areas of psychology. Treating human thinking as instances of story elaboration offers numerous implications for many domains of psychological theory, research, and practice. For example, several instances of cultural diversity take on a different hue when viewed from a narrative perspective. Finally, several authors (e.g., Bruner, 1986; Howard, 1989; Mair, 1989; McAdams, 1985; Polkinghorne, 1988; Sarbin, 1986) see the development of identity as an issue of life-story construction; psychopathology as instances of life stories gone awry; and psychotherapy as exercises in story repair.
叙事（或讲故事）方法在理解人类行为方面最近在心理学的几个领域变得更加流行。将人类思维视为故事阐述的实例，这对心理学理论、研究和实践的许多领域都有诸多启示。例如，从叙事的角度来看，文化多样性的几个实例会呈现出不同的色彩。最后，几位作者（如布鲁纳，1986年；霍华德，1989年；迈尔，1989年；麦克亚当斯，1985年；波尔金霍恩，1988年；萨宾，1986年）将身份认同的发展视为人生故事构建的问题；将精神病理学视为人生故事出错的实例；将心理治疗视为故事修复的实践。
