This study investigated a qualitative career assessment and counselling procedure that was founded upon a constructivist, narrative approach to career counselling, "My Career Chapter: A Dialogical Autobiography" (McIlveen, 2006). Counsellors were trained in the use of the procedure and then applied it to themselves in an intensive…

The authors review research showing that when recalling autobiographical events, many emotionally disturbed patients summarize categories of events rather than retrieving a single episode. The mechanisms underlying such overgeneral memory are examined, with a focus on M. A. Conway and C. W. Pleydell-Pearce's (2000) hierarchical search model of…

Used autobiographical memory task to study memory processes and depression in 27 nondepressed and 27 depressed older adults who each recalled 30 memories. Results were consistent with mood congruence hypothesis, in that participants recalled more memories affectively consistent with current mood, and self-enhancement view of reminiscing, such that…

This autoethnography elucidates the challenges I encountered in my efforts to maintain my commitment to leadership for social justice. When I assumed the superintendency of a small rural school district in southern Texas, I started collecting data in the form of a journal. My lived experiences, as recorded in my journal, were the sole source of…

Although many colleges profess interest in character development, faculty often feel ill equipped to address questions of vocation and purpose in their classes. Life writing--biography and autobiography--is a popular genre outside of the university, but is largely neglected within the academy. The study of life writing provides a natural way to…

Overgeneral autobiographical memory seems to be a stable cognitive marker in depressed adults and may predict persistence of depression. This study investigated whether depressive disorders in children are associated with overgeneral memory. Sixty children (ages 9 to 13 years) participated; 15 were diagnosed with lifetime depressive disorder, 25…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 228 AUTOBIOGRAPHIES BY PENNSYLVANIANS IS DIRECTED TO STUDENTS, HISTORIANS, LIBRARIANS, AND GENERAL READERS. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE BOOKS PUBLISHED AFTER 1960, FICTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHIES, DIARIES, JOURNALS, MANUSCRITPTS, OR SHORT SKETCHES IN VOLUMES OF COLLECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY. ENTRIES CONTAIN BRIEF ANNOTATIONS, REFERENCES TO THE…

Outlines the ways that the life history method (a research technique based on autobiographical interviews) has been used in anthropology. Debates among French anthropologists on the method's validity are discussed. A study using life histories to examine the social functions of an Occitan language revival among French peasants is described. (AM)

Lists and annotates seven new adult books of interest to high school readers, including biographical and autobiographical works, fiction, and nonfiction. (GT)

The biographical material in book form, and especially that which exists in journals, is widely dispersed and difficult to locate systematically. Approximately 100 sources of biographical and autobiographical material on women who have contributed significantly to psychology are listed. (Author/BEF)

Discusses how the best of autobiographies about the sick enrich the genre, with references to John Hull's "Touching the Rock," Andre Dubus's "Broken Vessels," Jacquie Gordon's "Give Me One Wish," and Robert Murphy's "The Body Silent," among others. Suggests that the reader's attempt to understand his or her own wounds motivates the reading of…

This hermeneutic phenomenological inquiry of the meaning of choosing to teach explores the experience of the author, her grandmother, her grandmother's cousin, and her great-great aunt. It highlights women's limited career choices, the need to nurture, and the concept of responding to a calling. (SK)

Discusses the recent interest in using narrative in research, examining the scope of the concept of narrative, the generic categories of narrative and discourse, difficulties defining narrative, persistent fallacies in narratological analysis, narrative as discursive reality, the problem of efficacy in narrative conventions and human action, and…