A Conceptual Analysis of the Link Between Narrative Identity and Family Resilience Through Parent-Child Interaction
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Narrative identity, family resilience, parent-child interaction, family narratives, autobiographical memory, meaning-making.Abstract
This conceptual paper explores the connection between narrative identity and family resilience in parent-child interaction. Research on narrative identity, family resilience and parent-child reminiscing suggests that rich, validating, coordinated and intergenerational narrative practices can help children better understand their own lives and build autobiographical narratives. Based on the above literature, this paper proposes that parent-child narrative interaction may serve as a relational bridge between individual-level narrative identity and family-level adaptation. The proposed link is contingent rather than necessary; coordinated and flexible narrative interaction may support shared meaning-making, whereas imposed, rigid, or silencing interaction may provide less supportive conditions for identity development and family communication. This paper is based on published research and does not present new empirical data. Accordingly, narrative practice is conceptualised as a relational resource within broader social, psychological, and material conditions rather than as a direct cause of family resilience.
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