As opposed to approaches which look for psychometric correlations between individual differences in language use and psychological phenomena, computerized narrative psychological content analysis is founded on a narrative theory of identity development and cultural evolution. Narrative psychological content analysis connects psychological contents to linguistic-structural features of narratives. The present paper outlines the theoretical considerations, which led to the scientific narrative psychology and presents the framework of the empirical studies.
Volume: 3, 08/2007
Pages: 1-13