Narrative Identity and Positive Youth Development in Turkish Emerging Adults: The Moderating Role of Cultural Self-Construals

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2023

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Sage Publications Ltd

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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

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The current study examined the associations between narrative coherence, the 5Cs of positive youth development, and cultural self-construals among 91 Turkish emerging adults (48 females, 42 males, and 1 other) aged between 18 and 29 (M-age = 23.01, SD = .52). Emerging adults partook in a life story interview to share three important narratives involving parental interactions that were assessed for causal and thematic coherence. Participants also self-reported on their positive development (competence, confidence, character, caring, and connection) and cultural self-construals (autonomy, relatedness, and autonomy relatedness). Results of path analysis revealed that high causal coherence in narratives was associated with lower levels of competence, confidence, and connection, whereas high thematic coherence was linked to higher levels of competence, confidence, and connection. Further, we examined the role of cultural self-construals in moderating the link between narrative coherence and the 5Cs. Thematic coherence was related to decreased caring when autonomy was high and relatedness was low. Thematic coherence was also related to increased connection only when autonomy was low and relatedness was high. Moreover, causal coherence was related to decreased caring and connection for emerging adults with highly autonomous self-construals. Similarly, causal coherence was associated with lower levels of confidence for emerging adults with high autonomous-related self-construals. Implications for research with Turkish emerging adults are discussed.

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Narrative İdentity, Narrative Coherence, Positive Youth Development, Emerging Adulthood, Autonomy, Relatedness, Turkish Cultural Context, Autobiographical Memory, Personal Narratives, 5 Cs, Life, Coherence, Adolescence, Parents, Gender, Causal, Story

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Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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N/A

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Q1

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40

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10

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