This book presents a pioneering exploration of the Inner Autobiographical Mapping (IAM) framework, a visuonarrative approach that revolutionizes how individuals construct, disrupt, and reconstruct their sense of self through autobiographical memory and life storytelling. Drawing from extensive qualitative and quantitative research, it integrates visual mapping techniques—employing colors for emotional intensity, symbols for turning points, and spatial trajectories for narrative progression—with psychological processes of meaning-making, emotional regulation, and resilience building. The work emerges from collaborative studies involving diverse adults aged 25-50, whose personal maps and narratives reveal profound insights into identity transformation, particularly in the wake of trauma.
Structured into two monographs and complementary research articles, the volume traces IAM’s evolution: from theoretical foundations and phenomenological depth in the first monograph, through psychometric validation via factor analysis, SEM, and group comparisons (trauma vs. non-trauma) in the second, to targeted applications in resilience, attachment, and coping. Key empirical findings—such as 100% participant use of colors for emotions, 76.3% variance explained in IAM’s multidimensional structure, and superior identity reconstruction among trauma survivors (t=4.02, p<.001)—underscore its robustness. This synthesis not only advances narrative identity theory (McAdams) and dual-coding principles (Paivio) but also offers practical tools for clinicians, educators, and researchers.
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