The Complexity of Narrative Identity in Personality Psychology

John Sutter: Narrative identity is one of the contemporary areas of research that most directly connects the field to its roots. He says it's both a method and more like a content construct. Sutter: It forces us, as you said, to think ethically and who are these people that we're studying? You know, they are real people with lives. The practice of narrative identity research involves this like a deep and rigorous encounter between researcher and participant.