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The stories we live by: personal myths and the making of the self
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ISBN: 1572301880 Year: 1996 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) Guilford

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The person: an introduction to personality psychology
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ISBN: 9780155693203 Year: 1990 Publisher: San Diego (Calif.) Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

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George W. Bush and the redemptive dream : a psychological portrait
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ISBN: 0199831122 1282959123 9786612959127 0199780927 9780199780921 9780199752089 0199752087 9781282959125 Year: 2011 Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,

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George W. Bush remains a highly controversial figure, a man for whom millions of Americans have very strong feelings. Dan McAdams' book offers an astute psychological portrait of Bush, one of the first biographies to appear since he left office as well as the first to draw systematically from personality science to analyze his life. McAdams, an international leader in personality psychology and the narrative study of lives, focuses on several key events in Bush's life, such as the death of his sister at age 7, his commitment to sobriety on his 40th birthday, and his reaction to the terrorist a


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The redemptive self : stories Americans live by
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ISBN: 0199969779 0199969760 9780199969760 1299940544 9781299940543 9780199969777 9780199969753 0199969752 Year: 2013 Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press,

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How do we as Americans define our identities? How do our stories represent who we are-our successes, our failures, our past, our future? Stories of redemption are some of the most powerful ways to express American identity and all that it can entail, from pain and anguish to joy and fulfillment. Psychologist Dan P. McAdams examines how these narratives, in which the hero is delivered from suffering to an enhanced status or state, represent a new psychology of American identity, and in turn, how they translate to understanding our own lives. In this revised and expanded edition of The Redemptiv

Generativity and adult development : how and why we care for the next generation
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ISBN: 1557984700 9781557984708 Year: 1998 Publisher: Washington, DC: American psychological association,

Identity and story : creating self in narrative
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ISBN: 159147356X Year: 2006 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] American Psychological Association

Psychobiography and life narratives
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ISBN: 0822308924 Year: 1988 Publisher: Durham Duke University Press

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Special issue : second chances as transformative stories in human development
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ISBN: 1134999607 0203764021 1134999534 9781134999538 9780805893250 0805893253 Year: 2006 Publisher: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,

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The generative society : caring for future generations
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ISBN: 159147034X Year: 2004 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] American Psychological Association

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