TY - JOUR
TI - Self-narrative as a method for researching self-creation
AU - Jančina, Magdalena
TI - Self-narrative as a method for researching self-creation
AB - 
	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.
VL - 2016
IS - Volume 21, Issue 2
PY - 2016
SN - 1895-6297
C1 - 2084-3879
SP - 27
EP - 40
DO - 10.4467/20843879PR.16.008.5086
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/psychologia-rozwojowa/article/autonarracja-jako-metoda-badania-autokreacji
KW - adult development
KW - self-creation
KW - individual identity
KW - narrative identity
KW - autobiogra­phical narratives