“…Research converges on the idea that the ways in which people reflect on their pasts can inform psychological well‐being for better (e.g., greater perceived social support; Zhou, Sedikides, Wildschut, & Gao, 2008) or worse (e.g., heightened reliving of distress; Reynolds & Brewin, 1999). Prior studies have demonstrated that different ways of construing events can influence judgments about the self, others, and the future (Libby & Eibach, 2011b); identity and life‐story significance (McAdams, 2001); sense of closure (Crawley, 2010); emotion regulation (Cox & McAdams, 2014); goal pursuit (Conway, Singer, & Tagini, 2004); and psychopathology (Sarp & Tosun, 2011). It is therefore important to identify effective strategies for representing autobiographical events, along with possible mechanisms that promote adaptive self‐reflection.…”