Robyn Fivush
List of John Benjamins publications in which Robyn Fivush is involved.
Articles
2025 Love, actually: Cultural narratives expressed in emerging adults’ stories of romantic relationships Narrative Inquiry 35:1, pp. 1–25 | Article
Individuals create both personal and culturally shared meaning through narratives; however, sparse research has explored the specific ways in which individuals might use such cultural narratives in creating meaning from developmentally important experiences. In this study, we examine how… read more
1991 Gender and Emotion in Mother-Child Conversations About the Past Journal of Narrative and Life History 1:4, pp. 325–341 | Article
Abstract In this research, mothers were asked to discuss four specific past events during which their 32- to 3 5-month-old children experienced happiness, sadness, anger, and fear. Results suggest that mothers discuss the emotions of sadness and anger quite differently with daughters than with sons. read more