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The Stories We Live by Personal Myths and the Making of the Self

Paperback • 1993 • English • 1. edition

The Stories We Live by Personal Myths and the Making of the Self

By Dan P. McAdams

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About the book

Ideal for mental health professionals interested in the rich potential a narrative perspective offers, this revealing and innovative book de monstrates that people develop a sense of self through the creation of personal myths. It challenges the traditional view that personalities are formed by fixed, unchanging characteristics or by predictable sta ges through which every individual travels, and it persuasively argues that we are the stories we tell. Based on more than 10 years of resea rch and...Show more

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ISBN

9781572301887

Publisher

Guilford Press

Published year

1993

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The Stories We Live by Personal Myths and the Making of the Self

Format

Paperback

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