The coherence of autobiographical narratives is suggested to be reflective of individuals' mental health. However, inconsistencies in results are regularly observed. Therefore, in this study, the Narrative Coherence Coding Scheme (NaCCS) by Reese et al. (Journal of Cognition and Development, 12, 424–462) was deconstructed and every dimension of coherence was recoded into singular constituting subcomponents. Our new fine-grained scoring scheme allowed us to investigate which particular subcomponents of coherence may be important in the relation to mental health. Data showed that both structural as well as thematic elements of coherence, with in particular the number of emotional elaborations, were important in the association with mental health. Therefore, we recommend for future research to use this specific coding scheme, including most notably the number of emotional elaborations, in order to obtain the most accurate prediction of mental health, to test the replicability of these preliminary findings and to guide targets for narrative-based interventions.

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一切都在细节中：与心理健康相关的叙事连贯性子成分的调查

自传叙事的连贯性被认为可以反映个人的心理健康。然而，经常观察到结果的不一致。因此，在本研究中，Reese 等人的叙事连贯编码方案（NaCCS）。(认知与发展杂志, 12, 424–462) 被解构，并且连贯性的每个维度都被重新编码为单一的构成子组件。我们新的细粒度评分方案使我们能够调查连贯性的哪些特定子成分可能对心理健康很重要。数据表明，连贯性的结构和主题元素，尤其是情绪阐述的数量，在与心理健康的关联中都很重要。因此，我们建议在未来的研究中使用这种特定的编码方案，包括最显着的情绪阐述的数量，以获得对心理健康的最准确预测，以测试这些初步发现的可重复性并指导叙事目标——基于干预。