Life Stories

Abstract

The main objective of the present study is to evaluate the characteristics of the vital development until the current age of the individual, based on the evolutionary stages of Erikson (2000), we hope that subject M will be in the eighth stage of integrity versus the hopelessness. To conduct the study, an exhaustive documentation was carried out by the evolutionary authors Erik Erikson (2000), Robert J. Havigurst (1972) and Paul Baltes (1987). After this, an interview was conducted that was previously made through the semi-structured interview of Triadó (Villar & Triadó, 2006). The interview consisted of eighty-two questions, although later some more were asked. To carry out the interview, a warm and comfortable place was sought for the subject. With everything ready, a tape recorder was turned on and information was collected that lasted two hours and thirty-eight minutes in the same session. With the information collected, a transcription and subsequent analysis was carried out. With the information collected and analysed, we can affirm that the objective has been achieved. We have been able to observe how the individual evolved through his narration and managed to solve each of the crossroads that Erikson (2000) raised in his evolutionary theory, therefore subject M is in the eighth stage in the positive vertex which refers to integrity.