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Chapter 17 - Life Stories Are Culturally Mediated and Socially Constructed

Future Directions of Life Story Research

from Part III - How Deviating Autobiographical Memories Shape the Life Story

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2025

By
Tilmann Habermas
Edited by
Christin Camia  and
Annette Bohn
Christin Camia
Affiliation:
Zayed University Abu Dhabi
Annette Bohn
Affiliation:
Aarhus University
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The contributors to the present volume take the psychological study of the life story into new directions. Coming from diverse backgrounds like developmental, memory, personality, social, and clinical psychology, they share an interest in life as a frame of reference for biographical narrating and remembering. We have crossed intellectual and life paths at different times in the past 30 years, becoming cherished colleagues and friends. I cannot adequately express how grateful for and delighted I am by the contributions.

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Autobiographical Memory and the Life Story
New Perspectives on Narrative Identity
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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