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Tibor Pólya, Balázs Kis, Mátyás Naszódi, János László

Narrative perspective and the emotion regulation of a narrating person

The article defines the structural feature of narrative perspective in self-narratives. Concentrating on the spatio-temporal component of the perspective, it describes three formal variations of perspective, termed as retrospective, experiencing, and metanarrative forms. The article also provides the linguistic operationalisation of these perspective forms. The narrative perspective algorithm developed for the automatic coding of perspective forms is presented. This algorithm reliably codes retrospective and experiencing forms of perspective. Finally, an empirical study regarding the relationships between the narrative perspective forms and trait features of emotion regulation is presented. In this study 83 participants recounted self-narratives about five significant life story events. The results reveal relationships between the using of perspective forms and the coherence and stability of emotion regulation.

Empirical Text and Culture Research, RAM-Verlag

Volume: 3, 08/2007
Pages: 50-61

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