Agency and Communion Across Nine Years of Middle Adulthood: Between- and Within-Person Associations with Well-being and Developmental Outcomes
Sebnem Ture·Hollen N. Reischer·Leah Ouellet·Kari Hassinen·Dan P. McAdams·Ahmadu Simpson·Phoebe H. Lam
Abstract Agency and communion are two core motivational themes in narrative identity, reflecting drives for independent control and relatedness, respectively. Despite significant attention to the salience of these narrative themes, no previous research has examined thematic change or associations with well-being and developmental outcomes in late midlife. In a diverse sample of 128 adults transitioning from middle to later adulthood, life story interviews were conducted at three time points (age