Applying the Master Narrative Framework to Gender Identity Development in Emerging Adulthood

We applied a novel framework to identity development, capturing both content and process, and personal and cultural components of identity in the content domain of gender. We examined master (and alternative) narratives: ubiquitous, powerful cultural stories with which individuals negotiate in constructing personal identity. Study 1 was a quantitative investigation of personal narratives about gender ( n = 245); Study 2 was a qualitative study...