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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Dan P. McAdams is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research work primarily spans the field of Psychology, with a focus on several key subfields including Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry

Dan P. McAdams has contributed to several recent papers, among which are:

  • "More Vulnerable? The Life Story Approach Highlights Older People's Potential for Strength During the Pandemic," 2020, published in The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • "Narrative identity in the psychosis spectrum: A systematic review and developmental model," 2021, published in Clinical Psychology Review
  • "Seeing your life story as a Hero's Journey increases meaning in life," 2023, published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • "Self-transcendence and life stories of humanistic growth among late-midlife adults," 2020, published in Journal of Personality
  • "Self and identity in personality psychology," 2021, published in Personality Science

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Henry R. Cowan
  • Majse Lind
  • Vijay A. Mittal
  • Hollen N. Reischer
  • Ariana F. Turner

Dan P. McAdams most frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Personality
  • Journal of Research in Personality
  • Clio's Psyche
  • Clinical Psychology Review
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

In recognition of their contributions to the field, Dan P. McAdams was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1996.

Best Publications

  • The Stories We Live By: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self

    Dan P. McAdams

  • The psychology of life stories.

    Dan P. McAdams

  • A new Big Five: fundamental principles for an integrative science of personality.

    Dan P. McAdams;Jennifer L. Pals

  • Explorations in Personality

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  • A theory of generativity and its assessment through self-report, behavioral acts, and narrative themes in autobiography.

    Dan P. McAdams;Ed de St. Aubin

  • Power, Intimacy, and the Life Story: Personological Inquiries into Identity

    Dan P. McAdams

  • Personality, Modernity, and the Storied Self: A Contemporary Framework for Studying Persons

    Dan P. McAdams

  • What Do We Know When We Know a Person

    Dan P. McAdams

  • The redemptive self : stories Americans live by

    Dan P. McAdams

  • Personality Development: Continuity and Change Over the Life Course

    Dan P. McAdams;Bradley D. Olson

  • When Bad Things Turn Good and Good Things Turn Bad: Sequences of Redemption and Contamination in Life Narrative and their Relation to Psychosocial Adaptation in Midlife Adults and in Students

    Dan P. McAdams;Jeffrey Reynolds;Martha Lewis;Allison H. Patten

  • Personal narratives and the life story.

    Dan P. McAdams

  • Identity and story : creating self in narrative

    Dan P. McAdams;Ruthellen Josselson;Amia Lieblich

  • Narrative identity and eudaimonic well-being

    Jack J. Bauer;Dan P. McAdams;Jennifer L. Pals

  • Generativity among young, midlife, and older adults.

    Dan P. McAdams;Ed de St. Aubin;Regina L. Logan

  • The five-factor model in personality: a critical appraisal.

    Dan P. McAdams

  • The Psychological Self as Actor, Agent, and Author.

    Dan P. McAdams

  • Stories of commitment : The psychosocial construction of generative lives

    Dan P. McAdams;Ann Diamond;Ed de St. Aubin;Elizabeth Mansfield

  • Interpreting the good life: growth memories in the lives of mature, happy people.

    Jack J. Bauer;Dan P. McAdams;April R. Sakaeda

  • The anatomy of generativity.

    Dan P. McAdams;Holly M. Hart;Shadd Maruna

  • Personal growth in adults' stories of life transitions.

    Jack J. Bauer;Dan P. McAdams

  • Handbook of Personality Development

    Dan P McAdams;Rebecca L Shiner;Jennifer Tackett

Frequent Co-Authors

Kate C. McLean
Kate C. McLean Western Washington University
Joshua Wilt
Joshua Wilt Case Western Reserve University
Karen Hooker
Karen Hooker Oregon State University
Robyn Fivush
Robyn Fivush Emory University
Monisha Pasupathi
Monisha Pasupathi University of Utah
Moin Syed
Moin Syed University of Minnesota
Michael W. Pratt
Michael W. Pratt University of California, San Diego
Susan Bluck
Susan Bluck University of Florida
Jennifer L. Tackett
Jennifer L. Tackett Northwestern University
Sarah C. Mangelsdorf
Sarah C. Mangelsdorf University of Rochester

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