Narrative Identity Self-Evaluation Scale, NISE

Test scores

• Autobiographical Reasoning – the tendency to reflect on and make meaning from one's life story, drawing lessons from personal experiences.

• Narrative Structure – the desire for a temporally and factually coherent life story, with a clear sense of when and how events unfolded.

• Positive Themes – the degree to which one's life story is experienced as positive, optimistic, and marked by a sense of belonging with others.

• Narrative Identity Disturbance – maladaptive features of narrative identity, including confusion about self-identity, lack of perceived control over one's life story, difficulty loving and being loved, and a sense that good events eventually turn bad or that one's life story does not cohere.