Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
J Health Psychol. 1997 Jan;2(1):9-20. doi: 10.1177/135910539700200102.
Over the past 10 years there has been increasing debate about the positivist assumptions underlying mainstream psychology and of the other social, and indeed physical, sciences. A narrative approach to psychology has attracted substantial interest. This perspective argues, basically, that human beings are natural storytellers and that the exchange of stories permeates our everyday social interaction. The task of a narrative psychology, and of a narrative social science, is to explore the different stories told, not only for the insight they provide into the actual character of the experience described by the storyteller but for the insight they offer into the identity of the storyteller and of the culture in which she or he lives. The purpose of this article is to examine the background to this particular antipositivist turn; to explore its impact on different disciplines and subdisciplines of psychology; and to consider its potential contribution to health psychology.
在过去的 10 年中，主流心理学以及其他社会科学乃至物理科学的实证主义假设一直备受争议。一种叙事心理学方法引起了广泛关注。这种观点基本上认为，人类是天生的讲故事者，故事的交流渗透在我们日常的社会互动中。叙事心理学和叙事社会科学的任务是探索不同的故事，不仅要深入了解讲故事者所描述的经验的实际特征，还要深入了解讲故事者的身份和她或他所处的文化。本文的目的是考察这一特殊反实证主义转向的背景；探讨其对心理学不同学科和子学科的影响；并考虑其对健康心理学的潜在贡献。
