scholarly journals Age effects in cultural life scripts

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve M. J. Janssen ◽  
David C. Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Age Effects ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Life Scripts

The Relations between Cultural Life Scripts, Individual Life Stories, and Psychological Distress

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Anne ◽  
Steve M. J. Janssen
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Shared Knowledge ◽  
Trauma Symptoms ◽  
Individual Life ◽  
Significant Events ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Positive Individual ◽  
Life Scripts

Cultural Life Scripts (CLS) are shared knowledge about personal events expected to be experienced by individuals within a society, and used as a framework for life story narration. Differences in CLS for individuals with depression and trauma, and their relations to anxiety, stress, and well-being, have not been investigated. Malaysian participants (N = 120) described and rated seven significant events most likely to be experienced by a prototypical infant from their culture, and seven significant events they had experienced or expected to experience in their own life. Participants then answered questionnaires about depression and trauma symptoms and about anxiety, stress, and well-being. The subclinical depression group listed less typical CLS events, whereas the subclinical PTSD group listed less positive individual life story events. The findings indicate that, although individuals with depression and trauma possess knowledge of the CLS, there may be small differences in the cognitive processing of CLS and individual life story events.

scholarly journals Cultural life scripts structure recall from autobiographical memory

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorthe Berntsen ◽  
David C. Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Life Scripts

Relations Between Cultural Life Scripts, Individual Life Stories, and Psychological Distress

2020 ◽  
pp. 003329412091349
Author(s):  
Michele Anne ◽  
Steve M. J. Janssen
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Trauma Symptoms ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Individual Life ◽  
Significant Events ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Positive Individual ◽  
Life Scripts

Cultural life scripts are shared knowledge about personal events expected to be experienced by individuals within a society and used as a framework for life story narration. Differences in cultural life scripts for individuals with depression and trauma, and their relations to anxiety, stress, and well-being, have not been investigated. Malaysian participants ( N =  120) described and rated seven significant events most likely to be experienced by a prototypical infant from their culture, and seven significant events they had experienced or expected to experience in their own life. Participants then answered questionnaires about depression and trauma symptoms and about anxiety, stress, and well-being. The subclinical depression group listed less typical cultural life scripts events, whereas the subclinical post-traumatic stress disorder group listed less positive individual life story events. The findings indicate that, although individuals with depression and trauma possess knowledge of the cultural life scripts, there may be small differences in the cognitive processing of cultural life scripts and individual life story events.

The transmission and stability of cultural life scripts: A cross-cultural study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve M. J. Janssen
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Life Scripts ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Life Script

Cultural life scripts are shared knowledge about the timing of important life events. In the present study, we examined whether cultural life scripts are transmitted through traditions and whether there are additional ways through which they can be attained by asking Australian and Malaysian participants which information sources they had used to generate the life script of their culture. Participants hardly reported that they had used cultural and religious traditions. They more often reported that they had used their own experiences and experiences of relatives and friends. They also reported the use of comments of relatives and friends and the use of newspapers, books, movies and television programs. Furthermore, we examined the stability of life scripts and similarities and differences across cultures. We found that life scripts are stable cognitive structures and that there are, besides cross-cultural differences in the content, small cross-cultural differences in the valence and distribution of life script events, with the Australian life script containing more positive events and more events expected to occur before the age of 16.

scholarly journals Identity-related autobiographical memories and cultural life scripts in patients with Borderline Personality Disorder

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 788-798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten René Jørgensen ◽  
Dorthe Berntsen ◽  
Morten Bech ◽  
Morten Kjølbye ◽  
Birgit E. Bennedsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Autobiographical Memories ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Life Scripts
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