scholarly journals Transnormativity and Transgender Identity Development: A Master Narrative Approach

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nova J. Bradford ◽  
Moin Syed
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
The United States ◽  
Master Narrative ◽  
Transgender Identity ◽  
Trans People ◽  
Unique Identity ◽  
Qualitative Focus Groups ◽  
Narrative Framework

Despite rapidly shifting social dynamics and the recent increase in scholarship on transgender identity development, existing research on transgender identity has been theoretically isolated from the broader study of identity. This study involved a series of 4 qualitative focus groups (n = 15 participants), conducted in the United States, to identify master and alternative narratives guiding transgender identity development and explore the mechanisms by which transgender individuals navigate and negotiate with these narrative constraints. Results suggest that (a) transnormativity is best conceptualized as a hegemonic alternative narrative that resists the master narrative of cisnormativity, which asserts that cisgender identities are “normal” or “standard”; (b) the components of transnormativity go beyond those which have been previously described in the literature; (c) individuals negotiate with transnormativity through both resisting transnormativity and conceding to transnormativity; and (d) border wars within the trans community form on the basis of these opposing and contradictory processes of resisting and conceding. Results demonstrate the applicability of the Master Narrative framework for studying transgender identity development and the important role of master and alternative narratives of in shaping the lives and experiences of trans people. Psychotherapists can use these findings to engage clients in re-authoring conversations to affirm the legitimacy of clients’ unique identity experiences.

scholarly journals Clothing Fit Issues for Trans People

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Andrew Reilly ◽  
Jory Catalpa ◽  
Jenifer McGuire
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Body ◽  
Consumer Group ◽  
Trans People ◽  
Clothing Fit ◽  
Line Analysis

As many as nine million people identify as a transperson in the United States, yet mass clothing designing and manufacturing do not meet the needs of this consumer group. This research examines the role of fit in ready-to-wear (RTW) clothing using qualitative research methods. 90 transpeople from the United States, Canada, and Ireland participated in interviews and data from interviews were analyzed using line-by-line analysis, resulting in three themes. Theme 1 explored current fit problems with RTW clothing, Theme 2 explored the desire to use clothing to hide parts of the body that did not align with one’s gender identity, and Theme 3 explored the desire to use clothing to highlight parts of the body that did align with one’s gender identity. Findings from this research confirm the assumption that current RTW clothing does not meet the needs of the transperson population and offers areas where designers and manufactures can reassess their methods relative to this consumer group.

scholarly journals Applying the Master Narrative Framework to Gender Identity in Emerging Adulthood

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate C. McLean ◽  
Hannah Shucard ◽  
Moin Syed
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Personal Identity ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
Master Narrative ◽  
Identity Exploration ◽  
Discourse Processes ◽  
Content Domain ◽  
Narrative Framework ◽  
Cultural Components

We applied a novel framework to identity development, capturing both content and process, and personal and cultural components of identity in the content domain of gender. We examined master (and alternative) narratives: ubiquitous, powerful cultural stories with which individuals negotiate in constructing personal identity. Study 1 was a quantitative investigation of personal narratives about gender (n = 245); Study 2 was a qualitative study of discourse processes concerning gender roles (n = 12). Employing three approaches to identity development (status, narrative, and discursive) in a mixed methods-design, we found that most individuals position themselves around a newer, alternative narrative about gender equality. However, in social interactions this narrative got less airtime, in favor of narratives representing either traditional views, or gender equality. Further, those who were exploring their identities were more likely to employ the less traditional narrative, suggesting a link between changing master narratives and personal identity exploration.

The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology

2011 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Game Theory ◽  
Residential Segregation ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Historical Sociology ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Social Facts ◽  
Analytical Sociology

This book explores analytical sociology as an approach for explaining important social facts such as network structures, patterns of residential segregation, typical beliefs, and cultural tastes. It brings together some of the most prominent analytical sociologists in Europe and the United States in an effort to clarify the distinctive features of the approach and to further its development. The volume is organized into four parts. Part I describes the foundations of analytical sociology while Part II discusses the role of action and interaction in explaining diverse social processes such as emotions and beliefs. Part III looks at the macroscopic social dynamics brought on by the activation of the cog-and-wheel mechanisms, tackling topics ranging from segregation dynamics to divorce and social influence. Part IV concludes the book by asking how analytic sociology relates to other fields and approaches such as game theory, analytic ethnography, and historical sociology.

scholarly journals The Role of Institutional Agents in Promoting Transfer Access

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia C. Dowd ◽  
Jenny H. Pak ◽  
Estela Mara Bensimon
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Institutional Agents ◽  
Selective College ◽  
Postsecondary Transitions ◽  
Psychological Sense ◽  
Faculty And Administrators

A growing body of research points to the important role played by “institutional agents” in facilitating college access and success for students from non-dominant racial-ethnic and low socioeconomic status groups. Applying attachment theory, this study adds to that literature by demonstrating how institutional agents can provide a secure base, in a psychological sense, for such low-status college students in the United States to make successful postsecondary transitions and develop collegiate identities. Based on the life stories of 10 low-status students who successfully transferred from a community college to a selective college or university, our narrative analysis depicts the students’ collegiate identity development and how college practitioners in positions of authority were instrumental in raising their collegiate aspirations. The results demonstrate the role of college practitioners in facilitating students’ postsecondary transitions and warrant the professional development of faculty and administrators as institutional agents. We conclude by providing resources for practitioners to develop their professional knowledge and capacity to act as institutional agents.

scholarly journals Master Narrative Methodology: A Primer for Conducting Structural-Psychological Research

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moin Syed ◽  
Kate C. McLean
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Research ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Master Narrative ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Script Analysis ◽  
Narrative Methodology ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Narrative Framework ◽  
Life Script

The emphasis placed on individual-level analysis throughout psychological science in general, and diversity science in particular, has left the role of structural factors under-theorized. Moreover, the field suffers from a lack of research methods that fully investigate structural-individual relations. This paper outlines one structural-psychological approach, the master narrative framework, and details various methods for taking social structures into account while still maintaining the focus on the individual. These methods, including event narratives, in-depth interviews, life-script analysis, focus groups, experiments, and conversation analysis, allow for understanding of both the nature and substance of the structures and how individuals interact with them.

Negotiating Emerging Adulthood With Master and Counter Narratives: Alcohol-Related Identity Trajectories Among Emerging Adults in Performance-Oriented Neoliberal Society

2021 ◽  
pp. 074355842110529
Author(s):  
Jukka Törrönen ◽  
Eva Samuelsson ◽  
Filip Roumeliotis ◽  
Josefin Månsson
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Heavy Drinking ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Master Narrative ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Positioning Analysis ◽  
Narrative Framework ◽  
Changes Over Time

This study analyzes how emerging adults negotiate their relation to alcohol in the context of declining youth drinking and how this relationship changes over time. The sample consists of longitudinal qualitative interview data ( N = 28) with 9 boys and 19 girls aged 15 to 21. The participants were recruited through schools, social media and non-governmental organizations from mainly the Stockholm region and smaller towns in central Sweden to reach a heterogeneous sample in terms of sociodemographic factors and drinking practices. We interviewed the participants in-depth three times between 2017 and 2019. Thematic coding of the whole data with NVivo helped us select four cases for more detailed analysis, as they represented the typical trajectories and showed the variation in the material. We used the master narrative framework and Bamberg’s narrative positioning analysis to examine the data. The analysis demonstrates what kinds of narrative alignments in identity development encourage heavy drinking, moderate alcohol consumption, and fuel abstinence. The results suggest that the decline in youth drinking is produced by a co-effect of multiple master narratives that intersect and guide the identity development away from heavy drinking.

scholarly journals Psychological, Social and Informational Aspects of Attacks by Minors on Educational Institutions

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-110
Author(s):  
E.G. Dozortseva ◽  
D.S. Oshevsky ◽  
K.V. Syrokvashina
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
The United States ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Psychological Status ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Compensatory Mechanism ◽  
Criminal Cases

The article examines the factors influencing the attacks by minors on educational institutions. The analysis of publications offering explanations and theoretical models of such crimes is performed. The authors present the results of their own qualitative analysis of data from an empirical study of 9 teenagers who attacked schools, and materials of criminal cases. The analysis is performed as part of a comprehensive forensic psychological and psychiatric examination. The data indicate the specific personality structure of adolescents and their existing mental disorders, as well as their special socio-psychological status in the classroom as outcasts and isolated. A compensatory mechanism of identity development is described with a focus on the role model of teenagers who attacked the Columbine school in the United States, and who imitated their actions. The role of the Internet in this process is evaluated. It is concluded that there is a need for a multidimensional analysis of such actions and appropriate preventive work.

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