What's in a Story? The Relationship Between Narrative Completeness and Adjustment to Relationship Dissolution

By Jody Koenig Kellas, V. Manusov. 2003

94 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory, Social Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

1. April R. Trees
2. C. Cunningham
3. Kadie Cheng
4. D. Bean
5. Jody Koenig Kellas

In Literature and Literary Theory

1. C. Cunningham
2. Kadie Cheng
3. D. Bean
4. Jody Koenig Kellas

In Social Psychology

1. April R. Trees
2. C. Cunningham
3. Kadie Cheng
4. D. Bean
5. Jody Koenig Kellas

Citations in the corpus

• The ex-files: Trajectories, turning points, and adjustment in the development of post-dissolutional relationships (2008, methodology): “In a study on narratives of relationship dissolution, for example, Koenig Kellas and Manusov (2003) found that individuals, although not specifically asked to do so, often mentioned the nature of PDC between themselves and their ex-partners.”
• Finding Meaning in Difficult Family Experiences: Sense-Making and Interaction Processes During Joint Family Storytelling (2006, background): “Similarly, Koenig Kellas and Manusov (2003) found that sequential, episodic, and coherent breakup narratives were positively associated with emotional adjustment.”
• Vulnerable story telling: narrative research in nursing (2007, background): “• Stories are a device for individuals to come to terms with their vulnerability • People wish to share their emotional experiences • Through stories people can dramatise their experience for maximum effect and be heard by health professionals; it is a call for relationships (Frank, 2000) • People a”