University of Otago, New Zealand.
University of Otago, New Zealand.
J Adolesc. 2020 Feb;79:16-25. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.12.003. Epub 2019 Dec 23.
Research with adults and older adolescents has found that people exhibiting higher narrative coherence in life stories also report higher psychological wellbeing; however, this link has not been investigated longitudinally. The current study investigated concurrent and longitudinal relationships in mid-adolescence between narrative coherence (causal and thematic coherence) of turning point narratives and psychopathology (depressive symptoms and rumination) and psychological wellbeing (life satisfaction). Hypothesis one was that in concurrent analyses, narrative coherence would be negatively associated with psychopathology and positively associated with wellbeing. Hypothesis two was that higher narrative coherence would predict lower psychopathology and greater wellbeing over time.
A sample of 132 adolescents (ages 14-18 years) wrote a narrative about a turning point event in their life and completed psychopathology and psychological wellbeing measures twice, approximately one year apart.
Partial correlations on concurrent data showed that only causal coherence was associated with lower psychopathology and higher wellbeing. Longitudinal regressions showed that causal coherence predicted higher wellbeing one year later.
These findings suggest that causal coherence in life stories may play a causal role in increased life satisfaction over time for adolescents. Experimental research is required to further investigate this possibility.
针对成年人和大龄青少年的研究发现，生活故事中叙事连贯性较高的人也报告称心理幸福感较高；然而，这一联系尚未进行纵向研究。本研究在青少年中期，调查了转折点叙事的连贯性（因果连贯性和主题连贯性）与心理病理学（抑郁症状和反刍思维）和心理幸福感（生活满意度）之间的同期和纵向关系。假设一为，在同期分析中，叙事连贯性与心理病理学呈负相关，与幸福感呈正相关。假设二为，较高的叙事连贯性会随着时间的推移预测较低的心理病理学和更高的幸福感。
一项对 132 名青少年（年龄在 14 至 18 岁之间）的研究，他们撰写了一个关于生活中转折点事件的叙述，并在大约一年的时间里两次完成了心理病理学和心理幸福感的测量。
同期数据的部分相关分析表明，只有因果连贯性与较低的心理病理学和较高的幸福感相关。纵向回归分析表明，因果连贯性可以预测一年后更高的幸福感。
这些发现表明，生活故事中的因果连贯性可能在青少年随着时间的推移增加生活满意度方面起着因果作用。需要进行实验研究来进一步探讨这种可能性。
