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A procedure for coding self-regard from narrative self-descriptions.

Walter P Anderson1

  • 1Anderson & Mirmelstein Counseling PLC, USA. wpa@alumni.virginia.edu

Psychological Reports
|February 20, 2007
PubMed
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This study introduces a novel coding procedure for analyzing autobiographical narratives to quantify self-regard. The method demonstrated reliable and valid measurement of self-liking, self-competence, and self-regard from narrative data.

Area of Science:

  • Psychological assessment
  • Quantitative psychology
  • Narrative analysis

Background:

  • Traditional self-regard measures rely on self-report scales from cooperative participants.
  • Narrative self-descriptions offer a rich data source if suitable content analyses are developed.
  • Existing methods for quantifying psychological constructs from narratives are limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and validate a content analysis coding procedure for deriving numerical measures of self-regard from autobiographical narratives.
  • To demonstrate the feasibility and reliability of this coding procedure in two descriptive studies.
  • To establish a foundation for using narrative data as a quantitative source for psychological variables.

Main Methods:

  • Two descriptive studies were conducted with 46 and 62 participants, respectively.

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  • A simple coding procedure was developed where raters used a 9-point scale to code specific variables from autobiographical narratives.
  • Five raters applied content analyses to code self-liking, self-competence, and self-regard within 108 brief narratives (60-150 words).

    • Main Results:

    • Substantial interrater agreement was achieved among the 5 raters.
    • The content validity of the derived measures of self-regard was supported by the analysis.
    • The coding procedure proved effective in transforming qualitative narrative data into quantitative measures.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed coding procedure provides a reliable and valid method for quantifying self-regard from narrative data.
    • This approach offers a viable alternative or supplement to traditional self-report scales.
    • The procedure has potential applications for analyzing other psychological variables within narrative data.