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ABSTRACT. Stemplewska-Żakowicz, Walecka and Gabińska describe a novel empirical examination of one of the basic premises of Dialogical Self theory; namely, whether different I-positions produce different self-narratives. Their analysis led them to discover several interesting findings, some of which stem directly from dialogical self theory and some of which are more surprising. Stemplewska-Żakowicz and colleagues ’ article therefore calls attention to several important distinctions between I-positions, including the distinction between explicit versus implicit positioning, as well as comparisons among I-positions, including distinguishable differences in the content as well as the formal characteristics of the self-narratives generated by different I-positions. The authors should be commended for embarking on the challenging empirical journey into the dialogical self. Stemplewska-Żakowicz, Walecka and Gabińska present a fascinating empirical approach to the examination of the dialogical self. As they point out, although much theoretical work has been generated on the dialogical self, little work exists that has systematically tested the central ideas put forth by the theory. We therefore applaud the authors not only for embarking on this challenging empirical journey, but also fo