Abstract Narrating personal experiences helps people make sense of them and contributes to improved well-being. However, little is known about how people recount stressful experiences that are interpersonal in nature. In this study, middle-aged North American women (N = 36), with lifetime histories of victimization, provided accounts of a recent stressful interpersonal event. High Point Analysis was applied to analyze the narratives. The majority (55%) of narratives were characterized by extensive evaluative content, categorized as End at High Point. The next most common (38%) category of responses were Emotional Narratives, characterized by a concentration of evaluative statements with little or no complicating action. Thus, participants’ memories of their stressful interpersonal events were caught in an unresolved, emotionally charged, limbo. Results reveal a novel approach to analyzing narratives of interpersonal stressors, and shed light on the relationship between victimization histories and narration of interpersonal experiences.

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压力性人际事件的叙事结构

摘要 讲述个人经历有助于人们理解它们并有助于改善幸福感。然而，人们如何叙述人际交往中的压力经历却知之甚少。在这项研究中，有终生受害史的北美中年女性（N = 36）提供了最近发生的压力性人际关系事件的描述。高点分析用于分析叙述。大多数（55%）的叙述以广泛的评价内容为特征，被归类为高潮结束。下一个最常见 (38%) 的反应类别是情绪叙述，其特征是集中的评价性陈述，很少或没有复杂的动作。因此，参与者对其压力人际事件的记忆陷入了未解决的、充满情绪的、不确定的境地。