Adjustment Factors of Attachment, Hope, and Motivation in Emerging Adult Well-Being

Booker, Jordan A.; Dunsmore, Julie C.; Fıvush, Robyn

doi:10.1007/s10902-021-00366-5

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“…In support of examining event valence more closely, we also found that initial differences in HP expressions of agency, but not LP expression of agency, initially buffered participants from stress across time. These findings fit with previous findings that agency across both community (Booker et al., 2021) and clinical (Adler, 2012; Adler et al., 2015) contexts is associated with buffers from stress and threats to psychological adjustment. It may also be specific to the age group we studied, in that younger adults tend to emphasize agentic themes in their self‐representations to a greater extent than middle and older adults (Diehl et al., 2004).…”

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Narrative identity informs psychological adjustment: Considering three themes captured across five time points and two event valences

Booker

Fıvush

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2021

Journal of Personality

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Objectives How narrative identity and well‐being are intertwined as emerging adults process their lived experiences remains a critical theoretical and empirical question. We studied narrative identity among US emerging adults in a multiphase study. We aimed to test (1) if and how narrative identity themes (i.e., coherence, agency, growth) change rapidly across repeated narrations; (2) are related to reports of psychological adjustment (i.e., well‐being, recent stress) over time; and (3) whether the valence of the autobiographical event nuanced the ways narrative identity and adjustment co‐evolve. Methods In a mini‐longitudinal study conducted over three months, 300 adults aged 18‐to‐29‐years (M age = 24.39 years; 60% women) provided autobiographical narratives about high‐point and low‐point (LP) life events at five time points, as well as repeated reports on well‐being and recent stress. Results Overall, coherence showed (1) the most consistency across time and valence than other narrative themes and (2) the most consistent associations with adjustment. In multilevel models, LP coherence and LP growth coincided with higher levels of adjustment. Conclusions Findings reinforce the ways narrative identity reflects dynamic processes of understanding the events of one's life, and the ways individual differences in framing and reasoning about life are important for psychological adjustment.

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Narrative identity informs psychological adjustment: Considering three themes captured across five time points and two event valences

Booker

Fıvush

Graci³

2021

Journal of Personality

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“…a. As a replication of existing findings (e.g., Booker et al, 2021aBooker et al, , 2021bMansfield et al, 2015;Park et al, 2004), we expected both hope and growth to show positive main effects for indices of wellbeing (i.e., autonomy, sense of purpose).…”

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“…Participants completed a computerized informed consent and then completed a series of computerized questionnaires, including narrative prompts about three (3) past challenges and surveys of hope and psychological well-being. Three narrative prompts were selected in line with methods in previous studies (Booker et al, 2021b). This earlier work suggests that mean scores in narrative features, rather within-person variability, is informative for quantitative analyses informing well-being.…”

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“…In this study, we focused on a sample of emerging adult, Black, and female college students. Broadly, emerging adulthood is a time of personal and intimate explorationfiguring out one's values and roles, as well as the ways to build close, dependable relationships with others, often in new social environments (i.e., Arnett, 2014;Bauer & McAdams, 2010;Booker et al, 2021b). Hence, questions on facets of personality at the levels of character and narrative identity are timely for this developmental period.…”

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“…Narrative identity also provides a sense of self-stability during turbulent times (Habermas & Köber, 2015)-our stories of past successes and overcoming trials are especially important as we confront loss and setback (Booker et al, 2021a). These events of challenges, transgressions, and conflicts may be key in shaping identity development (Adler et al, 2015;Booker et al, 2021bBooker et al, , 2021cMansfield, et al, 2015;McLean et al, 2020).…”

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Well-being is important for everyone. However, some of our assumptions about well-being and personality have not been well-tested among historically excluded groups. Using a mixed-methods design, we considered young Black women’s hope, growth, and well-being. We hypothesized that endorsements of hope and expressions narrated of growth would be positively associated with well-being. We also tested for the presence of lay themes about well-being in life stories. Fifty-nine Black women from a southeastern US, Historically Black college ( M age = 19.25 years, SD = 1.27) reported on dispositional hope, provided three narratives about life challenges, and completed questionnaires regarding psychological well-being. Consistent with expectations, hope and growth were positively associated with multiple domains of well-being. Further, a content analysis supported existing lay themes of well-being among stories with more growth. Women who expressed growth also incorporated themes of emotional intimacy, competence, moral worth, and regard for their physical and mental health.

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Adjustment Factors of Attachment, Hope, and Motivation in Emerging Adult Well-Being

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Narrative identity informs psychological adjustment: Considering three themes captured across five time points and two event valences

Narrative identity informs psychological adjustment: Considering three themes captured across five time points and two event valences

It’s is Time to Make More Goals So I Can Keep Pushing: Hope, Growth, and Well-Being Among Young Black Women

Beacons of Hope in a Challenging World: Conclusions and Directions for Future Research and Practice

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