Crisis and Growth: Narrative Processing of Difficult Experiences in Midlife
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081740%3A_____%2F25%3A00604604" target="_blank" >RIV/68081740:_____/25:00604604 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10804-024-09513-7" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10804-024-09513-7</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10804-024-09513-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10804-024-09513-7</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Crisis and Growth: Narrative Processing of Difficult Experiences in Midlife
Original language description
This study explores the relatively little studied developmental phase of midlife, with focus on its narrative dimensions. Recognizing that midlife often leads to a re-evaluation of personal history and confrontation with challenging past experiences, our research employs a holistic–formal approach to analyze the narratives of Czech adults aged 40 to 60. The primary objective of this research was to understand and identify the adaptive and successful narrative ways of processing past difficulties. We have conducted a narrative analysis of 34 midlife story interviews, examining narrative categories such as thematic lines, agency, values, beliefs, and reflexivity. This led to the identification and description of four distinct genres of midlife adaptive processing of negative experience that result in growth. We call them Let it be, Engagement balancing, Metanoia, and Ironic (di)stance.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-08583S" target="_blank" >GA20-08583S: Midlife experience: transitions, crises, and growth</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Adult Development
ISSN
1068-0667
e-ISSN
1573-3440
Volume of the periodical
32
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
380-392
UT code for WoS article
001392674000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85217393920