2021
McAdams, D. P., Trzesniewski, K., Lilgendahl, J. L., Benet-Martinez, V., & Robins, R. W. (2021). Self and identity in personality psychology. Personality Science, 2, e6035.
Cowan, H. R., Mittal, V. A., & McAdams, D. P. (2021). Narrative identity in the psychosis spectrum: A systematic review and developmental model. Clinical Psychology Review, 88, 102067.
Reischer, H. N., Roth, L. J., Villarreal, J. A., & McAdams, D. P. (2021). Self-transcendence in late-midlife adult life stories: Validity of the narrative approach. Journal of Personality, 89, 305-324..
McAdams, D. P. (2021). Narrative identity and the life story. In O. P. John and R. W. Robins (Eds.), Handbook of personality: Theory and research (4th Ed., pp. 122-141). New York: Guilford Press.
2020
McAdams, D. P. (2020). Psychopathology and the self: Human actors, agents, and authors. Journal of Personality, 88, 146-155.
McAdams, D. P., & Cowan, H. R. (2020). Mimesis and myth: Evolutionary origins of psychological self-understanding. In J. Carroll, M. Clasen, and E. Jonsson (Eds.), Evolutionary perspectives on imaginative culture (pp. 93-108). New York: Springer.
Reischer, H. N., Roth, L., Villarreal, J., & McAdams, D. P. (2020). Self-transcendence and life stories of humanistic growth among late-midlife adults. Journal of Personality. 00e1–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12583
Reischer, H. N. & Cowan, H. R. (2020). Quantity over quality? Reproducibility through a mixed methods lens. Collabra: Psychology. 6(1), 26. http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.284
Coulter, T. J., Mallett, C. J., & McAdams, D. P. (2020). Personality assessment 1: An integrative approach. In D. Hackfort and R. J. Schinke (Eds.), Routledge international encylopedia of sport and exercise psychology. Vol. 1: Theoretical and methodological concepts (pp. 439-454). London: Routledge.
Greene, R. E., Cowan, H. R., & McAdams, D. P. (2020). Personality and coping in life challenge narratives. Journal of Research in Personality, 86, 103960.
McAdams, D. P. (2020). The strange case of Donald J. Trump: A psychological reckoning. New York: Oxford University Press.
McAdams, D. P. (2020). I understand the meaning of life – but what is the meaning of “meaning”? Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, 4 (1), 39-41.
McAdams, D. P., & Perlin, J. (2020). HEXACO and the individual case. European Journal of Personality, 34, 533-534.
McLean, K. C., Syed, M., Pasupathi, M., Adler, J., Dunlop, W., Drustrup, D., Fivush, R., Graci, M., Lilgendahl, J. L., Lodi-Smith, J., McAdams, D. P., & McCoy, T. (2020). The empirical structure of narrative identity: The initial Big Three. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119, 920-944.
2019
McAdams, D. P. & Reischer, H. N. (2019). Rehabilitating Jung. Psychological Inquiry, 30(2), 83-86, http://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2019.1614810
Reischer, H. N. & Beverley, J. (2019). Diverse approaches to meaning-making at the end of life. American Journal of Bioethics, 19(12), 68–70. http://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2019.1674419
Adler, J. M. (2019). Stability and change in narrative identity: Introduction to the special issue. Qualitative Psychology, 6, 134-145.
Cowan, H. R. (2019). Can a good life be unsatisfying? Within-person dynamics of life satisfaction and psychological well-being in late midlife. Psychological Science, 30, 675-710.
Cowan, H. R., Chen, X., Jones, B. K., & McAdams, D. P. (2019). The single greatest life challenge: How late-midlife adults construct narratives of significant personal challenges. Journal of Research in Personality, 83, 103867.
Dunlop, W. L. (2019). From the story to the storyteller: Life narratives from a personological perspective. Qualitative Psychology, 6, 167-177.
Fivush, R., Habermas, T., & Reese, E. (2019). Retelling lives: Narrative styles and stability of highly emotional events over time. Qualitative Psychology, 6, 156-166.
Ko, H-J., Hooker, K., Manoogian, M. M., & McAdams, D. P. (2019). Transitions to older adulthood: Exploring midlife women’s narratives regarding purpose in life. International Journal of Positive Psychology and Well-being, Open Access.
McAdams, D. P. (2019). “First we invented stories, then they changed us”: The evolution of narrative identity. Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, 3, 1-18.
McAdams, D. P. (2019). Identity, narrative, language, culture, and the problem of variation in life stories. Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, 3, 77-83.
McAdams, D. P. (2019). The emergence of personality. In D. P. McAdams, R. L. Shiner, and J. L. Tackett (Eds.), Handbook of personality development (pp. 3-19). New York: Guilford Press.
McAdams, D. P. (2019). “I am what survives me”: Generativity and the self. In J. A. Frey and C. Vogler (Eds.), Self-transcendence and virtue: Perspectives from philosophy, psychology, and theology (pp. 251-273). London: Routledge.
McAdams, D. P. (2019). Commentary: Continuity and growth in the life story – or is it stagnation and flux? Qualitative Psychology, 6, 206-214.
McAdams, D. P., Shiner, R. L., & Tackett, J. L. (Eds.). (2019). Handbook of personality development. New York: Guilford Press.
McLean, K. C., Syed, M., Pasupathi, M., Adler, J., Dunlop, W., Drustrup, D., Fivush, R., Graci, M., Lilgendahl, J., Lodi-Smith, J., McAdams, D. P., & McCoy, T. (2019). The empirical structure of narrative identity: The initial Big Three. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117.
McLean, K. C., Kober, C., & Haraldsson, K. (2019). The repeated narration of specific events and identity stability in midlife. Qualitative Psychology, 6, 146-155.
Pasupathi, M., & Wainryb, C. (2019). Ghosts in the story: The role of audience in stability and change in twice-told life stories. Qualitative Psychology, 6, 178-193.
Singer, J. A. (2019). Repetition is the scent of the hunt: A clinician’s application of narrative identity to a longitudinal life study. Qualitative Psychology, 6, 194-205.
2018
Jones, B. K., McAdams, D. P., & Destin, M. (2018). Telling better stories: Competence-building narrative themes predict adolescent persistence and academic achievement. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 76, 76-80.
Lanning, K., Pauletti, R. E., King, L. A., & McAdams, D. P. (2018). Personality development through natural language. Nature Human Behavior, 2, 327-334.
McAdams, D. P. (2018). Narrative identity: What is it? What does it do? How do you measure it? Imagination, Cognition, and Personality: Consciousness in Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice, 37, 359-372.
McLean, K. C., Lilgendhahl, J., Fordham, C., Alpert, L., Marsden, E., Szymanowski, K., & McAdams, D. P. (2018). Identity development in cultural context: The role of deviating from the mater narrative. Journal of Personality, 86, 631-651.
2017
Adler, J. M., Dunlop, W. L., Fivush, R., Lilgendahl, J., Lodi-Smith, J., McAdams, D. P., McLean, K. C., Pasupathi, M., & Syed, M. (2017). Research methods for studying narrative identity: A primer. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8, 519-527.
Dunlop, W., Bannon, B., & McAdams, D. P. (2017). Studying the motivated agent over time: Personal goal development during the adult life span. Journal of Personality, 85, 207-219.
Harris, M., Donnellan, M. B., Guo, J., McAdams, D. P., Garnier-Villarreal, M., & Trzesniewski, K. (2017). Parental co-construction of 5-13-year-olds’ global self-esteem through reminiscing about past events. Child Development, 88, 1810-1822.
Maher, A. H. C., Kleib, S., Loyer, E., Connelley, D., Radamaker, A. M., Mesulam, M., Weintraub, S., McAdams, D. P., Logan, R. L., & Rogalski, E. (2017). Psychological well-being in elderly adults with extraordinary episodic memory. PLOS ONE, October 23.
Manczak, E. M., Levine, C. Ehrlich, K. Basu, D., McAdams, D. P., & Chen, E. (2017). Associations between spontaneous parental perspective taking and stimulated cytokine responses in children with asthma. Health Psychology, 36, 652-661.
McAdams, D. P. (2017). The appeal of the primal leader: Human evolution and Donald J. Trump. Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, 1.2, 1-13.
McAdams, D. P. (2017). How stories found a home in human personality. In I. Goodson (Ed.), Routledge international handbook of narrative and life history (pp. 33-48). London: Routledge.
McAdams D. P., & Guo, J. (2017). The cultural shaping of life stories. In A. T. Church (Ed.), The Praeger handbook of personality across cultures: Vol. 2. Culture and characteristic adaptations (pp. 185-210). New York: Praeger.
McAdams, D. P., & Jones, B. K. (2017). Making meaning in the wake of trauma: Resilience and redemption. In E. Altmaeir (Ed.), Meaning reconstruction after trauma (pp. 3-16). London: Elsevier.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2017). Supporting students’ college success: The role of assessment of intrapersonal and interpersonal competencies. (Study Committee: Joan Herman (Chair), David Bills, Corbin Campbell, Tabbeye Chavous, Greg Duncan, Sulvia Hurtado, Patrick Kyllonen, Dan P. McAdams, Frederick Oswald, Jonathan Plucker, K. Ann Reninger, and Brian Stecher). Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
Newton, N. J., Russell, S. A., & McAdams, D. P. (2017). Body appraisal, weight management goals, and well-being among midlife men and women. Journal of Adult Development, 24, 31-39.
Westerhof, G. J. Bohlmeijer, E. T., & McAdams, D. P. (2017). The relation of ego identity and despair to personality traits and mental health. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 72, 400-407.
2016
Breen, A. V., McLean, K. C., Cairney, K., & McAdams, D. P. (2016). Movies, books, and identity: Exploring the narrative ecology of the self. Qualitative Psychology, 3, 1-8.
Carroll, J., McAdams, D. P., & Wilson, E. O. (Eds.). (2016). Darwin’s bridge: Uniting the humanities and sciences. New York: Oxford University Press.
Dunlop, W., Guo, J., & McAdams, D. P. (2016). The autobiographical author through time: Examining the degree of stability and change in redemptive and contaminated personal narratives. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7, 428-436.
Guo, J., Klevan, M., & McAdams, D. P. (2016). Personality traits, ego development, and the redemptive self. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 1551-1563.
Ko, H-J., Hooker, K., Geldhof, G. J., & McAdams, D. P. (2016). Longitudinal purpose in life trajectories: Examining predictors in late midlife. Psychology and Aging, 31, 693-698.
Manczak, E., Mangelsdorf, S., McAdams, D. P., Wong, M. S., Schoppe-Sullivan, S., & Brown, G. (2016). How did that make you feel? Influences of gender and parental personality on family emotion talk. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 62, 388-414.
Manczak, E., Mangelsdorf, S., McAdams, D. P., Wong, M. S., Schoppe-Sullivan, S., & Brown, G. (2016). Autobiographical memories of childhood and sources of subjectivity in parents’ perceptions of infant temperament. Infant Behavior and Development, 44, 77-85.
McAdams, D. P. (June, 2016). The mind of Donald Trump. The Atlantic, pp. 76-90.
McAdams, D. P. (2016). From actor to agent to author: Human evolution and the development of personality. In J. Carroll, D. P. McAdams, and E. O. Wilson (Eds.), Darwin’s bridge: Uniting the humanities and sciences (pp. 145-163). New York: Oxford University Press.
Newton, N. J., & Jones, B. K. (2016). Passing on: Personal attributes associated with midlife expression of intended legacies. Developmental Psychology, 52, 341-353.
Weston, S. J., Cox, K. S., Condon, D. M., & Jackson, J. J. (2016). A comparison of human narrative coding of redemption and automated linguistic analysis for understanding life stories. Journal of Personality, 84, 594-606.
2015
Adler, J. M., Brookshier, K., Monahan, C., Walder-Biesanz, I., Harmeling, L. H., Albaugh, M., McAdams, D. P., & Oltmanns, T. F. (2015). Variation in narrative identity is associated with trajectories of mental health over several years. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108, 476-496.
Manczak, E., McLean, K. C., McAdams, D. P., & Chen, E. (2015). Physiological reactivity during parent-adolescent conversations about challenging events: Associations with parental scaffolding and relationship quality. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 29, 522-531.
McAdams, D. P. (2015). The art and science of personality development. New York: Guilford Press.
McAdams, D. P. (2015). Tracing three lines of personality development. Research in Human Development, 12, 224-228.
McAdams, D. P. (2015). Three lines of personality development: A conceptual itinerary. European Psychologist, 20, 252-264.
McAdams, D. P. (2015). Leaders and their life stories: Obama, Bush, and narratives of redemption. In G. R. Goethals, S. T. Allison, R. M. Kramer, and D. M. Messick (Eds.), Contemporary conceptions of leadership (pp. 177-165). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
McAdams, D. P., & Guo, J. (2015). Narrating the generative life. Psychological Science, 26, 475-483.
McAdams, D. P., & Manczak, E. (2015). Personality and the life story. In M. Mikulincer and P. R. Shaver (Eds.), APA handbook of personality and social psychology: Vol. 4. Personality processes and individual differences (pp. 425-446). Washington, DC: APA Books.
McAdams, D. P., & Zapata-Gietl, C. (2015). Three strands of identity development across the human life course: Reading Erik Erikson in full. In K. C. McLean and M. Syed (Eds.), Oxford handbook of identity development (pp. 81-94). New York: Oxford University Press.
Rotella, K. N., Richeson, J. A., & McAdams, D. P. (2015). Groups’ search for meaning: Redemption on the path to intergroup reconciliation. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 18, 696-715.
Walton, K., Pornpattananangkul, N., Curlee, A., McAdams, D. P., & Nusslock, R. (2015). Posterior versus frontal theta activity indexes approach motivation during affective autobiographical memories. Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 15, 132-144.
2014
Alisat, S., Norris, J. E., Pratt, M., Matsuba, K., & McAdams, D. P. (2014). Caring for the future of the earth: Generativity as a potential mediator for the prediction of environmental narratives from identity among Canadian activists and nonactivists. Identity, 14, 177-194.
Cox, K. S., & McAdams, D. P. (2014). Meaning making during high and low point story episodes predicts emotion regulation two years later: How the past informs the future. Journal of Research in Personality, 50, 66-70.
Kandler, C., Zimmerman, J., & McAdams, D. P. (2014). Core and surface characteristics for the description and the theory of personality differences and development. European Journal of Personality, 28, 231-243.
Manczak, E., Zapata-Gietl, C., & McAdams, D. P. (2014). Regulatory focus in the life story: Prevention and promotion as expressed in three layers of personality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106, 169-181.
McAdams, D. P. (2014). The life narrative at midlife. In B. Schiff (Ed.), Re-reading “Personal Narrative and the Life Course”: A special issue of New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development (pp. 57-69). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
McAdams, D. P. (2014). Psychological science and the Nicomachean Ethics: Virtuous actors, agents, and authors. In N. Snow (Ed.), Cultivating virtue: Multiple perspectives (pp. 307-336). New York: Oxford University Press.
McAdams, D. P., & Guo, J. (2014). How shall I live? Constructing a life story in the college years. In C. Hanson (Ed.), In search of self: Exploring undergraduate identity (pp. 15-23). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Newton, N. J., & Baltys, I. H. (2014). Parental status and generativity within the context of race. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 78, 171-195.
Newton, N. J., Herr, J. M., Pollack, J. I., & McAdams, D. P. (2014). Selfless or selfish? Generativity and narcissism as components of legacy. Journal of Adult Development, 21, 59-68.
Newton, N. J., Ryan, L. H., King, R. T., & Smith, J. (2014). Cohort differences in the marriage-health relationships for midlife women. Social Science & Medicine, 116, 64-72.
Robinson, O., & McAdams, D. P. (2014). Four functional roles for case studies in emerging adulthood research. Emerging Adulthood, 3, 1-8.
2013
Adler, J.M., Harmeling, L.H., & Walder-Biesanz, I. (2013). Narrative meaning-making is associated with sudden gains in clients’ mental health under routine clinical conditions. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 81(5): 839-845.
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Adler, J.M. (2013). Clients’ and therapists’ stories about psychotherapy. Journal of Personality, 81(6): 595-605.
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Cox, K. S, Casablanca, M. A., & McAdams, D. P. (2013). “There is nothing good about this work”: Identity and unhappiness among Nicaraguan female sex workers. Journal of Happiness Studies, 14, 1459-1478.
Jones, B. K., & McAdams, D. P. (2013). Becoming generative: Socializing influences recalled in life stories in late midlife. Journal of Adult Development, 20, 158-172.
McAdams, D. P. (2013). The redemptive self: Stories Americans live by (revised and expanded edition). New York: Oxford University Press.
McAdams, D. P. (2013). The psychological self as actor, agent, and author. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8, 272-295.
McAdams, D. P. (2013). Life authorship: A psychological challenge for emerging adulthood, as illustrated in two case studies. Emerging Adulthood, 1, 151-158.
McAdams, D. P. (2013). How actors, agents, and authors find meaning in life. In K. Markman, T. Proulx, and M. J. Lindberg (Eds.), The psychology of meaning (pp. 171-190). Washington, DC: APA Books.
McAdams, D. P. (2013). The positive psychology of adult generativity: Caring for the next generation and constructing a redemptive life. In J. Sinnott (Ed.), Positive psychology: Advances in understanding adult motivation (pp. 191-205). New York: Springer.
McAdams, D. P., Hanek, K. J., & Dadabo, J. G. (2013). Themes of self‐regulation and self‐exploration in the life stories of religious American conservatives and liberals. Political Psychology, 34, 201-219.
McAdams, D. P., & McLean, K. C. (2013). Narrative identity. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22, 233-238.
Newton, N. J., & Stewart, A. J. (2013). The road not taken: Women’s life paths and gender-linked personality traits. Journal of Research in Personality, 49, 306-316.
Sumner, J. A., Mineka, S., & McAdams, D. P. (2013). Reduced specificity in autobiographical memory narratives corresponds to performance on the Autobiographical Memory Test and predicts increases in depressive symptoms. Memory, 21, 646-656.
Versey, H. S., & Newton, N. J. (2013). Generativity and productive pursuits: Pathways to successful aging in late-midlife African American and White Women. Journal of Adult Development.
2012
Adler, J.M. (2012). Living into the story: Agency and coherence in a longitudinal study of narrative identity development and mental health over the course of psychotherapy. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102(2): 367-389.
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Adler, J.M. (2012). Sitting at the nexus of epistemological traditions: Narrative psychological perspectives on self-knowledge. In S. Vazire and T. D. Wilson (Eds.), The handbook of self-knowledge (pp. 327-342). New York: Guilford.
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Adler, J.M., Chin, E.D., Kolisetty, A.P., Oltmanns, T.F. (2012). The distinguishing characteristics of narrative identity in adults with features of Borderline Personality Disorder: An empirical investigation. Journal of Personality Disorders, 26, 498-512.
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Bauer, J. J., Schwab, J. R., & McAdams, D. P. (2012). Self-actualizing: Where ego development finally feels good. The Humanistic Psychologist, 39, 1-15.
Cox, K. S., & McAdams, D. P. (2012). The transforming self: Service narratives and identity change in emerging adulthood. Journal of Adolescence Research, 27, 18-43.
Matsuba, M. K., Pratt, M. W., Norris, J. F., Mohle, E., Alisat, S., & McAdams, D. P. (2012). Environmentalism as a context for expressing identity and generativity: Patterns among activists and uninvolved youth and midlife adults. Journal of Personality, 80, 1091-1116.
McAdams, D. P. (2012). Exploring psychological themes through life narrative accounts. In J. A. Holstein and J. F. Gubrium (Eds.), Varieties of narrative analysis (pp. 15-32). London: Sage.
2011
Adler, J.M. (2011). Epistemological tension in the future of personality disorder diagnosis. American Journal of Psychiatry, 168(11): 1221-1222.
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Hanek, K. J., Olson, B. D., & McAdams, D. P. (2011). Political orientation and the psychology of Christian prayer: How liberals and conservatives pray. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 21: 30-42.
Lilgendahl, J., & McAdams, D. P. (2011). Constructing stories of self-growth: How individual differences in patterns of autobiographical reasoning relate to well-being in midlife. Journal of Personality, 79, 391-428.
McAdams, D. P. (2011). George W. Bush and the redemptive dream: A psychological portrait. New York: Oxford University Press.
McAdams, D. P. (2011). Life Narratives. In K. L. Fingerman, C. A. Berg, J. Smith, and T. C. Antonucci (Eds.), Handbook of lifespan development (pp. 589-610). New York: Springer.
McAdams, D. P. (2011). Narrative identity. in S. J. Schwartz, K. Luyckx, and V. L. Vignoles (Eds.), Handbook of identity theory and research (pp. 99-115). New York: Springer.
McAdams, D. P. (2011). Redemptive narratives in the life and the presidency of George W. Bush. In C. Strozier, D. Offer, and O. Abdyli (Eds.), The leader: Psychological essays (2nd ed, pp. 135-152). New York: Springer.
McAdams, D. P., & Manczak, E. (2011). What is a “level” of personality?. Psychological Inquiry, 22: 40-44.
Wilt, J., Olson, B., & McAdams, D. P. (2011). Higher-order factors of the Big Five predict exploration and threat in life stories. Journal of Research in Personality, 45, 613-521.
2010
Adler, J.M. (2010). Rising to the challenge of identifying and analyzing clients’ narratives. Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy, 6(3), 189-202.
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Bauer, J. J., & McAdams, D. P. (2010). Eudaimonic growth: Narrative growth goals predict increases in ego development and subjective well-being 3 years later. Developmental Psychology, 46: 761-772.
Cox, K. S., Wilt, J., Olson, B., & McAdams, D. P. (2010). Generativity, the Big Five, and psychosocial adaptation in midlife adults. Journal of Personality, 78: 1185-1208.
McAdams, D.P. & Adler, J.M. (2010). Autobiographical memory and the construction of a narrative identity: Theory, research, and clinical implication. In J.E. Maddux and J. Tangney (Eds.), Social psychological foundations of clinical psychology (pp. 36-50). NewYork: Guilford Press.
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McAdams, D. P., & Cox, K. S. (2010). Self and identity across the life span. In A. Freund and R. Lerner (Eds.), Handbook of lifespan development (Vol. 2, pp. 158-207). New York: Wiley.
McAdams, D. P., & Olson, B. D. (2010). Personality development: Continuity and change. In S. Fiske, D. Schacter, and R. Sternberg (Eds.), Annual review of psychology (Vol. 61, pp. 517-542). Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews, Inc.
McAdams, D. P., & Walden, K. (2010). Jack Block, the Big Five, and personality from the standpoint of the actor, agent, and author. Psychological Inquiry, 21: 50-56.
Newton, N. J., & Stewart, A. J. (2010). The middle ages: Change in women’s personalities and social roles. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 34: 75-84.
Stewart, A. J., & Newton, N. J. (2010). Gender, adult development, and aging. In J. C. Chrisler and D. R. McCreary (Eds.), Handbook of gender research in psychology (pp. 559-580). New York: Springer.
Wilt, J., Cox, K. S., & McAdams, D. P. (2010). Exploring the relationships between Eriksonian developmental scripts and interpersonal adjustment. Journal of Adult Development, 17: 156-161.
2009
Adler, J.M. & Matthews, E.A. (2009). Encouraging epistemological exploration in the undergraduate psychology classroom: Impacts on retention and application of course material. Teaching of Psychology, 36(2): 122-125.
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Adler, J.M. & Poulin, M.J. (2009). The political is personal: Narrating 9/11 and psychological well-being. Journal of Personality, 74(4): 903-932.
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McAdams, D. P. (2009). The moral personality. In D. Narvaez and D. K. Lapsley (Eds.), Personality, identity, and character: Explorations in moral psychology (pp. 11-29). New York: Cambridge University Press.
McAdams, D. P. (2009). The person: An introduction to the science of personality psychology (5th Ed.). Wiley.
2008
Adler, J.M. (2008). Two modes of thought: The narrative/paradigmatic disconnect in the Bailey book controversy. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 37(3): 422-425.
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Adler, J.M., Skalina, L.M., & McAdams, D.P. (2008). The narrative reconstruction of psychotherapy and psychological health. Psychotherapy Research, 18(6), 719-734.
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Bauer, J. J., McAdams, D. P., & Pals, J. L. (2008). Narrative identity and eudaimonic well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies: 9, 81-104.
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McAdams, D. P. (2008). American identity: The redemptive self. The General Psychologist: 43, 20-27.
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McAdams, D. P. (2008). Generativity, the redemptive self, and the problem of a “noisy” ego in American life. In H. Wayment and J. J. Bauer (Eds.), Transcending self-interest: Psychological explorations of the quiet ego (pp. 235-241). Washington, DC: APA Books.
McAdams, D. P. (2008). Personal narratives and the life story. In O. John, R. Robins, and L. A. Pervin (Eds.), Handbook of personality: Theory and research (3rd ed., pp. 241-261). New York: Guilford Press.
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McAdams, D. P., & Albaugh, M. (2008). What if there were no God? Politically conservative and liberal Christians imagine their lives without faith. Journal of Research in Personality: 1668-1672.
McAdams, D. P. & Albaugh, M. (2008). The redemptive self, generativity, and American Christians at midlife: Life stories of evangelical and mainline Protestants. In J. A. Belzen, and A. Geels (Eds.), Autobiography and the psychological study of religious lives (pp. 255-286). Amsterdam: Rodopi.
McAdams, D. P., Albaugh, M., Farber, E., Daniels, J., Logan, R. L., & Olson, B. (2008). Family metaphors and moral intuitions: How conservatives and liberals narrate their lives. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 978-990.
Zinbarg, R.E., Uliaszek, A.A., & Adler, J.M. (2008). The role of personality in psychotherapy for anxiety and depression. Journal of Personality, 76(6): 1649-1688.
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2007
Adler, J.M. & McAdams, D.P. (2007). Telling stories about therapy: Ego development, well-being, and the therapeutic relationship. In R. Josselson, D. P. McAdams, & A. Lieblich (Eds.), The Meaning of others: Narrative studies of relationships (pp. 213-236). Washington, DC: APA Books.
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Adler, J.M. & McAdams, D.P. (2007). The narrative reconstruction of psychotherapy. Narrative Inquiry, 17(2): 179-202.
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Adler, J.M. & McAdams, D.P. (2007). Time, culture, and stories of the self. Psychological Inquiry, 18(2): 97-99.
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Adler, J.M., Wagner, J.W., & McAdams, D.P. (2007). Personality and the coherence of psychotherapy narratives. Journal of Research in Personality, 41(6): 1179-1198.
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Josselson, R., Lieblich, A., & McAdams, D. P. (Eds.) (2007). The meaning of others: Narrative studies of relationships. Washington, DC: APA Books.
McAdams, D. P., & Pals, J. L. (2007). The role of theory in personality research. In R. Robins, C. Fraley, and R. Krueger (Eds.), Handbook of research methods in personality psychology (pp. 3-20). New York: Guilford Press.
2006
Adler, J.M., Kissel, E., McAdams, D.P. (2006). Emerging from the CAVE: Attributional style and the narrative study of identity in midlife adults. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 30(1): 39-51.
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McAdams, D. P. (2006). The redemptive self: Stories Americans live by. Oxford University Press.
McAdams, D. P. (2006). The redemptive self: Generativity and the stories Americans live by. Research in Human Development, 3, 81-100.
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McAdams, D. P. (2006). The problem of narrative coherence. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 19, 109-125.
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McAdams, D. P. (2006). The role of narrative in personality psychology today. Narrative Inquiry, 16, 11-18.
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McAdams, D. P (2006). An American life story. In M. R. Schwehn and D. C. Bass (Eds.), Leading lives that matter: What we should do and who we should be (pp. 471-480). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing.
McAdams, D.P. & Adler, J.M. (2006). How does personality develop? In D. Mroczek & T. Little (Eds.), Handbook of Personality Development (pp. 469-492). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
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McAdams, D. P., Bauer, J. J., Sakaeda, A., Anyidoho, N. A., Machado, M., Magrino, K., White, K. W., & Pals, J. L (2006). Continuity and change in the life story: A longitudinal study of autobiographical memories in emerging adulthood. Journal of Personality, 74, 1371-1400.
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McAdams, D. P., Josselson, R., & Lieblich, A. (Eds.). (2006). Identity and story: Creating self in narrative. Washington, DC: APA Books.
McAdams, D. P., & Logan, R. L. (2006). Creative work, love, and the dialectic in life narratives of selected academics. In D. P. McAdams, R. Josselson, and A. Lieblich (Eds.), Identity and story: Creating self in narrative (pp. 89-108). Washington, DC: APA Books.
McAdams, D. P., & Pals, J. L. (2006). A new Big Five: Fundamental principles for an integrative science of personality. American Psychologist: 204-217.
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McGregor, I., McAdams, D. P., & Little, B. R. (2006). Personal projects, life stories, and happiness: On being true to one’s traits. Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 551-572.
Roy, K. M., & McAdams, D. P. (2006). Second chances as transformative stories in human development: An introduction. Research in Human Development, 3, 77-80.
2005
Bauer, J. J., McAdams, D. P., & Sakaeda, A. R (2005). The crystallization of desire and crystallization of discontent in narratives of life-changing decisions. Journal of Personality, 73, 1181-1213.
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Bauer, J. J., McAdams, D. P., & Sakaeda, A. (2005). Interpreting the good life: Growth memories in the lives of mature, happy people. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 203-217.
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Gluck, J., Bluck, S., Baron, J., & McAdams, D. P. (2005). The wisdom of experience: Autobiographical narratives across adulthood. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 29, 197-208.
McAdams, D. P. (2005). Sexual lives: The development of traits, adaptations, and life stories. Human Development, 48, 299-302.
McAdams, D. P. (2005). Studying lives in time: A narrative approach. In R. Levy, P. Ghisletta, J. M. Legoff, D. Spini, and E. Widmer (Eds.), Toward an interdisciplinary perspective on the life course: Advances in life course research (Vol. 10, pp. 237-258). London: Elsevier.
McAdams, D. P (2005). A psychologist without a country, or living two lives in the same story. In G. Yancy and S. Hadley (Eds.), Narrative identities: Psychologists engaged in self-construction (pp. 114-130)). London: Jessica Kingsley.
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McAdams, D. P (2005). What psychobiographers might learn from personality psychology. In W. T. Schultz (Ed.), Handbook of psychobiography (pp. 64-83). New York: Oxford University Press.
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2004
Bauer, J. J., & McAdams, D. P. (2004). Growth goals, maturity, and well-being. Developmental Psychology, 40, 114-127.
Bauer, J. J., & McAdams, D. P. (2004). Personal growth in adults’ stories of voluntary life transitions. Journal of Personality, 72, 573-602.
De St. Aubin, E., McAdams, D. P., & Kim, T. C. (Eds.). (2004). The generative society. Washington, DC: APA Books.
Lieblich, A., McAdams, D. P., & Josselson, R. (Eds.). (2004). Healing plots: The narrative bases of psychotherapy. Washington, DC: APA Books.
McAdams, D. P. (2004). The redemptive self: Narrative identity in America today. In D. Beike, J. M. Lampien, and D. A. Behrend (Eds.), The self and memory (pp. 95-115). New York: Psychology Press.
McAdams, D. P. (2004). Generativity and the narrative ecology of family life. In M. W. Pratt and B. H. Friese (Eds.), Family stories and the life course: Across time and generations (pp. 235-257). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
McAdams, D. P., Anyidoho, N. A., Brown, C., Huang, Y. T., Kaplan, B., & Machado, M. A. (2004). Traits and stories: Links between dispositional and narrative features of personality. Journal of Personality, 72, 761-784.
McAdams, D. P., & Bauer, J. J. (2004). Gratitude in modern life: Its manifestations and development. In R. H. Emmons and M. McCullough (Eds.), The psychology of gratitude (pp. 81-99). New York: Oxford University Press.
McAdams, D. P., & Janis, L. (2004). Narrative identity and narrative therapy. In L. E. Angus and J. McLeod (Eds.), Handbook of narrative and psychotherapy (pp. 159-173). London: Sage.
McAdams, D. P., & Logan, R. L. (2004). What is generativity? In E. de St. Aubin, D. P. McAdams, and T. C. Kim (Eds.), The generative society (pp. 15-31). Washington, DC: APA Books.
Pals, J. L., & McAdams, D. P. (2004). The transformed self: A narrative understanding of posttraumatic growth. Psychological Inquiry, 15, 65-69.