%0 Journal Article
%T Self-narrative as a method for researching self-creation
%A Jančina, Magdalena
%J Developmental Psychology
%V 2016
%R 10.4467/20843879PR.16.008.5086
%N Volume 21, Issue 2
%P 27-40
%K adult development, self-creation, individual identity, narrative identity, autobiogra­phical narratives
%@ 1895-6297
%D 2016
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/psychologia-rozwojowa/article/autonarracja-jako-metoda-badania-autokreacji
%X 
	The article is a continuation of theoretical deliberations on self-creation presented in the earlier work (Jančina, Kubicka, 2014). It contains a detailed characteristics of this pheno­menon, assuming that the object of self-creation activities is the Self, in the sense of its cognitive representation named the Self, and more precisely – the identity of a person. I suggest introducing the concept of a complex self-creation competence, which consists of such detailed competencies as autobiographical knowledge (thinking), autonomy, creativity, transgression, defining and committing oneself to fulfilling long-term goals, and self-reflection. In addition, I search for an adequate method for researching these detailed competencies. The article also contains argumentation in favour of the analysis of the content of self-narratives as the most accurate me­thod of self-creation research as defined here. Therefore, McAdams’s life story model is presented, and a strong argument in favour of such a choice of the research method is given in the form of the deliberations of Zbigniew Pietrasiński, the author of the self-creation concept itself, who conducted research by analysing the biographies of well-known historical figures.