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Continuity and Change in the Life Story: A Longitudinal Study of Autobiographical Memories in Emerging Adulthood Dan P.

McAdams,1 Jack J. Bauer,2 April R. Sakaeda,1 Nana Akua Anyidoho,1 Mary Anne Machado,1 Katie Magrino-Failla,1 Katie W. White,1 and Jennifer L. Pals1 1 2 Northwestern University Northern Arizona University ABSTRACT If a person’s internalized and evolving life story (narrative identity) is to be considered an integral feature of personality itself, then aspects of that story should manifest some continuity over time while also providing evidence regarding important personality change.

Accordingly, college freshmen and seniors provided detailed written accounts of 10 key scenes in their life stories, and they repeated the same procedure 3 months and then 3 years later. The accounts were content analyzed for reliable narrative indices employed in previous st