Making meaning of one's own life story in words and images: A narrative case report of personal recovery from personality disorder through the interventions "An Empowering Story" and art therapy.
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DOI: 10.1002/jclp.23690
Abstract: Understanding and processing life experiences are essential in the treatment of personality disorders to promote personal recovery and psychological wellbeing. In this qualitative case report, drafted in co-creation between the client, clinical psychologist, and art… read more here.
Keywords: personal recovery; personality; story; psychology ... See more keywords
A life story in three parts: the use of triptychs to make sense of personal digital data
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DOI: 10.1007/s00779-018-1110-0
Abstract: Many social media platforms support the curation of personal digital data, and, more recently, the use of that data for review and reflection. We explored the process of reflection by asking users to create a… read more here.
Keywords: personal digital; story three; digital data; three parts ... See more keywords
From conversation to connection: a cross-case analysis of life-story work with five couples where one partner has semantic dementia
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DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x18000533
Abstract: Abstract Semantic dementia causes progressive communication difficulties that significantly impact on the person and their family. There is a paucity of research examining conversation skills in this condition and associated interventions to support interaction, such… read more here.
Keywords: life; life story; conversation; story work ... See more keywords
Exploring underexposed stories: the experienced lifecourse of financially excluded older adults
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DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x19001235
Abstract: Abstract To gain insights into vulnerable lifecourses and give a voice to those often underrepresented in quantitative research, this study examines the life stories (past, present and future) of 19 financially excluded older adults using… read more here.
Keywords: life story; excluded older; financially excluded; older adults ... See more keywords
Digital Life Story Books: Intervention to maintain sense of self in older adults with memory difficulties
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DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2024.2383830
Abstract: ABSTRACT The sharp increase in dementia and age-related memory impairments worldwide has made reminiscence-based interventions attractive. Past research is mixed with little focus on self-functioning. The aims of this study were (i) to develop and… read more here.
Keywords: memory; memory difficulties; digital life; story books ... See more keywords
Effectiveness of life story book intervention on apathy and verbal fluency in people with dementia
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DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2022.2147887
Abstract: ABSTRACT Objectives This study determined whether the individual intervention of using life story books (LSBs) improves apathy and verbal fluency in people with dementia (PWD). Methods The intervention group (n = 43) underwent 3 interviews… read more here.
Keywords: life story; verbal fluency; fluency people; intervention ... See more keywords
How do we recall the story of our lives? Evidence for a temporal order in the recall of important life story events
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DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2022.2042564
Abstract: ABSTRACT Based on the chronological nature of extensive life narratives, in two studies, we investigated whether a temporal order can also be found for the retrieval of important life story events. The data of Study… read more here.
Keywords: life story; important life; temporal order; life ... See more keywords
Remembering a life: an examination of open-ended life stories and the reminiscence bump in patients with Alzheimer’s disease
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DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2023.2169466
Abstract: ABSTRACT Autobiographical memory impairments are prominent in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Yet, life narratives of AD patients are scarcely examined. Here, twenty-one older adults diagnosed with probably AD and 22 age-matched healthy controls told their life… read more here.
Keywords: life story; life; alzheimer disease; reminiscence bump ... See more keywords
‘Boogieing with Mrs P’: a real-life story, the link between Parkinson’s, music and the dance
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DOI: 10.1080/14647893.2020.1814232
Abstract: ABSTRACT This real-life story can be rationalised as an auto-ethnographic appreciation of the journey of Diane and I. The journey is new to us when it was once known and planned. The path has veered… read more here.
Keywords: music dance; dance; real life; life ... See more keywords
Life story, prostitution and activism: Challenges and possibilities of research in co-creation.
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DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2021.2020317
Abstract: This article discusses the process of writing, which I refer to here as 'co-creation', of the life story of Lourdes Barreto, co-founder of the Brazilian Movement of Prostitutes. I intertwine public history and oral history… read more here.
Keywords: process; creation; life story; research ... See more keywords
Life story as a tool for teaching sociological imagination
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DOI: 10.1108/jarhe-06-2019-0158
Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential of life story for the teaching of sociology to Social Work students. It contains the results of a teaching experiment in higher education which… read more here.
Keywords: sociological imagination; methodology; life story; sociology ... See more keywords