Family Narratives and the Development of an Autobiographical Self

Robyn Fivush is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Institute for the Liberal Arts at Emory University. She has conducted foundational research on the sociocultural construction of autobiographical memory.

• PrefaceChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Autobiographical Memory: Theoretical FoundationsChapter 3 The Autobiographical Self: Developmental FoundationsChapter 4 Maternal Reminiscing Style: The Emergence of Individual Differences in the Autobiographical SelfChapter 5 The Developing Autobiographical Self: How Gender MattersChapter 6 Why Reminiscing Matters: How Early Parent-Child Reminiscing Shapes Cognitive Outcomes Chapter 7 Why Reminiscing Matters: How Early Parent-Child Reminiscing Shapes Social and Emotional OutcomesChapter 8 Family Reminiscing: How Families Share the Personal and Family PastChapter 9 The Life Story: Adolescence and the Emergence of an Autobiographical VoiceChapter 10 Beyond the Autobiographical Self: The Intergenerational SelfChapter 11 Beyond the Autobiographical Self: The Cultural SelfChapter 12 The Dark Side of Family StoriesChapter 13 The Autobiographical Self: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends

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