Kate C. McLean is Professor of Psychology at Western Washington University. She received her PhD in developmental psychology at the University of Santa Cruz, CA. Her research focuses on social and cultural contexts of narrative identity development. She has authored or co-authored over 100 empirical papers, theoretical articles, and book chapters. She has edited or co-edited pivotal volumes on identity development and cultural methods in psychology, and has written a seminal book on the topic of the co-authored self.

• Part 1: Laying the Foundations: History, Culture, and Theories Chapter 1. Introduction: Time for a ChangeChapter 2. Foundations: Culture and HistoryChapter 3. Theoretical Foundations: Identities, Stories, and Change Part 2: The Data on Change Chapter 4. Evidence for Change from the Field of Personality Development: Traits, Attachment and, Post-Traumatic GrowthChapter 5. Evidence for Change in Narrative Identity: The Case of Repeated Narration Part III: Special Concerns Chapter 6. Transgressions as an Opportunity for Change? Chapter 7. The Agency in Resistance Part IV: Conclusion Chapter 8: Our Scientific Responsibility for Change

Why Change is Hard leverages the accessible tool of stories to expose the elusive power of culture to shape our lives, and, in doing so, McLean holds researchers accountable for the cultural stories we reinforce - and ignore - in our science.

Kate C. McLean is Professor of Psychology at Western Washington University. She received her PhD in developmental psychology at the University of Santa Cruz, CA. Her research focuses on social and cultural contexts of narrative identity development. She has authored or co-authored over 100 empirical papers, theoretical articles, and book chapters. She has edited or co-edited pivotal volumes on identity development and cultural methods in psychology, and has written a seminal book on the topic of the co-authored self.

• Part 1: Laying the Foundations: History, Culture, and Theories Chapter 1. Introduction: Time for a ChangeChapter 2. Foundations: Culture and HistoryChapter 3. Theoretical Foundations: Identities, Stories, and Change Part 2: The Data on Change Chapter 4. Evidence for Change from the Field of Personality Development: Traits, Attachment and, Post-Traumatic GrowthChapter 5. Evidence for Change in Narrative Identity: The Case of Repeated Narration Part III: Special Concerns Chapter 6. Transgressions as an Opportunity for Change? Chapter 7. The Agency in Resistance Part IV: Conclusion Chapter 8: Our Scientific Responsibility for Change

Why Change is Hard leverages the accessible tool of stories to expose the elusive power of culture to shape our lives, and, in doing so, McLean holds researchers accountable for the cultural stories we reinforce - and ignore - in our science.

Kate C. McLean is Professor of Psychology at Western Washington University. She received her PhD in developmental psychology at the University of Santa Cruz, CA. Her research focuses on social and cultural contexts of narrative identity development. She has authored or co-authored over 100 empirical papers, theoretical articles, and book chapters. She has edited or co-edited pivotal volumes on identity development and cultural methods in psychology, and has written a seminal book on the topic of the co-authored self.

• Part 1: Laying the Foundations: History, Culture, and Theories Chapter 1. Introduction: Time for a ChangeChapter 2. Foundations: Culture and HistoryChapter 3. Theoretical Foundations: Identities, Stories, and Change Part 2: The Data on Change Chapter 4. Evidence for Change from the Field of Personality Development: Traits, Attachment and, Post-Traumatic GrowthChapter 5. Evidence for Change in Narrative Identity: The Case of Repeated Narration Part III: Special Concerns Chapter 6. Transgressions as an Opportunity for Change? Chapter 7. The Agency in Resistance Part IV: Conclusion Chapter 8: Our Scientific Responsibility for Change

Why Change is Hard leverages the accessible tool of stories to expose the elusive power of culture to shape our lives, and, in doing so, McLean holds researchers accountable for the cultural stories we reinforce - and ignore - in our science.