College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
J Pers. 2023 Feb;91(1):262-265. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12771. Epub 2022 Dec 5.
This article describes the increase of publications in the area of psychobiography, thereby analysing the trends in the articles published in the special issue on psychobiography and social agency and activism. It further highlights the specific approaches taken by autobiographers who write psychobiographical accounts of extraordinary individuals and "everyday heroes" in their attempt of creating social impact in specific socio-cultural groups, societies or even on a global level.
This is a conceptional article which comments on the trends presented in this special issue.
This article presents a discussion of the special issue and its impact.
New trends in psychobiography are discussed and show the way forward for psychobiography.
本文描述了心理传记学领域出版物的增加,并分析了发表在心理传记和社会代理与行动主义特刊上的文章的趋势。本文进一步强调了自传作者在尝试对非凡个体和“日常英雄”进行心理传记描述时所采取的具体方法,他们试图在特定的社会文化群体、社会甚至全球范围内产生社会影响。
这是一篇概念性文章,评论了特刊中呈现的趋势。
本文对特刊及其影响进行了讨论。
本文讨论了心理传记学的新趋势,并为心理传记学指明了前进的方向。