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Ta Det Onda Med Det Goda [Taking the Bad With the Good] - A Cultural Framework for Identity Narratives of Difficult Experiences in Sweden

This study investigates the nature of narrating experiences of difficult life events among Swedish young adults. In doing so, we address a cultural framework for telling identity narratives of difficult experiences. Building on extant work on the importance of the narration of difficult life events for identity and wellbeing, we examine how these stories are narrated in the Swedish context, and relations between patterns of narration and well-being. Identity narratives about life challenges were collected from 116 participants (M age = 33.28, SD = .54, n = 58 women). Employing an open-exploratory approach, four equally prevalent emotional structures were found: redemptive structure, neutral/vague structure, combination of positive and negative structure, and negative structure. No differences were found in the use of the first three structures for well-being, but the negative structure was generally associated with poorer well-being. This study shows that there are several ways to narrate challenges in the Swedish context, and it sheds light on the ways in which culture informs the narrative identity.