TY - JOUR
T1 - Second chances as transformative stories in human development: An introduction
AU - Roy, K.
AU - McAdams, D.P.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Americans have always reserved the right to reinvent themselves—to wade into the waters of rebirth and emerge with new faiths, new livelihoods, new spouses, new sexual preferences, and even new names. The cult of unending self improvement, our informal national religion, takes as its primary article of faith the idea that who a person was yesterday or happens to be today does not determine who he'll be tomorrow. … This is the land of clean slates and second chances.
AB - Americans have always reserved the right to reinvent themselves—to wade into the waters of rebirth and emerge with new faiths, new livelihoods, new spouses, new sexual preferences, and even new names. The cult of unending self improvement, our informal national religion, takes as its primary article of faith the idea that who a person was yesterday or happens to be today does not determine who he'll be tomorrow. … This is the land of clean slates and second chances.
U2 - 10.1080/15427609.2006.9683362
DO - 10.1080/15427609.2006.9683362
M3 - Article
VL - 3
SP - 77
EP - 80
JO - Research in Human Development
JF - Research in Human Development
ER -