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quality > cognitive quality > phenomenological characteristic of memory > narrative coherence

Preferred term

narrative coherence  

Definition(s)

  • “a coherent personal narrative is one that makes sense to a naïve listener—not just in terms of understanding when, where, and what event took place but also with respect to understanding the meaning of that event to the narrator.“ (Reese et al., 2011, p. 465).

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Synonym(s)

  • autobiographical memory coherence
  • coherent autobiographical memory

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Reese, E., Haden, C. A., Baker-Ward, L., Bauer, P., Fivush, R., & Ornstein, P. A. (2011). Coherence of personal narratives across the lifespan : A multidimensional model and coding method. Journal of Cognition and Development, 12(4), 424‑462. https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2011.587854

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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Dataset citation(s)

  • • Adler, J. M. (2017, August 2). The Nature of Narrative Coherence: An Empirical Approach. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/EHMWP
  • • Garry, M. (2020, August 23). Judgments of memory coherence depend on the conditions under which a memory is retrieved, regardless of reported PTSD symptoms. https://osf.io/jzbr7
  • • Vanaken, L. (2020, April 14). Memory coherence and the response of others. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/534NQ
  • • Vanaken, L. (2020, April 30). Social Anxiety & Narrative Coherence. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/WF5HN
  • • Vanaken, L. (2020, May 3). The relations between narrative coherence, trauma, social support, psychological well-being and cortisol responses. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/3H7QM
  • • Vanderveren, E., Aerts, L., Rousseaux, S., Bijttebier, P., & Hermans, D. (2018). Influence of an induced negative emotional state on autobiographical memory coherence [Data set]. OSF. https://osf.io/k294y/

In other languages

  • cohérence narrative

    French

  • cohérence de la mémoire autobiographique
  • cohérence des souvenirs autobiographiques
  • récit personnel cohérent

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