Interview Strategies for Assessing Self-Authorship: Constructing Conversations to Assess Meaning Making

2007 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 491-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia B. Baxter Magolda ◽  
Patricia M. King
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Self Authorship

Long Strides on the Journey Toward Self-Authorship: Substantial Developmental Shifts in College Students’ Meaning Making

2013 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 866-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
James P. Barber ◽  
Patricia M. King ◽  
Marcia B. Baxter Magolda
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Self Authorship

Developing Self-Authorship in College to Navigate Emerging Adulthood

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia Baxter Magolda ◽  
Kari B. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
College Student ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Adult Development ◽  
Student Development ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Young Adult Development ◽  
Self Authorship

Many emerging adults find themselves navigating the complex transition from adolescence to adulthood while enrolled in college. The key to navigating the demands of college (and emerging adulthood) is not simply what decisions one makes but also how one makes them. This chapter foregrounds college student development research regarding the developmental capacities that underlie young adults’ decision-making processes. Drawing upon two longitudinal studies of college student and young adult development, the authors show how young adults move from uncritically following external formulas learned in childhood toward gaining the capacity for self-authorship—a journey that involves developing internal criteria for crafting one’s identities, relationships, and beliefs and yields the ability to navigate external demands. The authors emphasize that diverse combinations of personal characteristics, experiences, and meaning-making capacities yield diverse pathways toward self-authorship. They also highlight how higher education can promote self-authorship and explore further research to better understand self-authorship’s relevance across cultures.

Predicting Post-Trauma Quality of Life: Meaning-Making Trumps Medical Reality

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ed De St. Aubin ◽  
Abbey Valvano ◽  
Terri Deroon-Cassini ◽  
Jim Hastings ◽  
Patricia Horn
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Life Meaning
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