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Thorne, Avril; McLean, Kate C.

doi:10.1023/a:1020261211979

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“…Our findings showed that close to half of both self-consistent and self-discrepant memories were about relationships. These findings fit in with earlier studies in that relationships emerge as the dominant theme in SDMs (Thorne & McLean, 2002) Our participants were late adolescents or young adults in college, a period where relationships with different individuals are very central to identity Thorne et al, 2004).…”

Section: Memory Contentsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…The distribution of memories across content categories were similar to those obtained in earlier studies carried out in different countries such as the USA (e.g., Singer et al, 2007;Thorne & McLean, 2002) and Switzerland (Lardi et al, 2010). In general, themes in SDMs are considered as reflections of current goals and concerns (Conway, 2005;Singer & Salovey, 1993;Singer et al, 2007).…”

Section: Memory Contentsupporting

confidence: 79%

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Remembering and telling self-consistent and self-discrepant memories

Mutlutürk

Tekcan

2015

Memory

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It has been argued that memories that are inconsistent with one's self would differ from those that are consistent with the self. The present study addresses retrieval, phenomenology, rehearsal and narrative characteristics of autobiographical memories that are consistent versus discrepant with one's self. One hundred participants were asked to recall one self-consistent and one self-discrepant memory as well as an episode of telling these memories to others. They also filled out the Autobiographical Memory Questionnaire and the Centrality of Event Scale for each memory. Results showed no difference between self-consistent and self-discrepant memories in retrieval time, specificity or phenomenology. However, self-discrepant memory narratives contained more meaning-making statements and less autonomy than self-consistent memories. Compared to self-consistent memories, self-discrepant memories were told to fewer people, and listener responses were more negative when they were told. Results are discussed in relation to the functions these memories serve.

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Section: Memory Contentsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Memory Contentsupporting

confidence: 79%

Remembering and telling self-consistent and self-discrepant memories

Mutlutürk

Tekcan

2015

Memory

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“…Despite the robust evidence for the dominance of positive events in autobiographical remembering, and despite the fact that "narrative researchers have suggested that positive memories constitute an important part of narrative identity" (McLean & Pals, 2008, p. 753), there is some evidence from the narrative approach that negative affect features prominently in life stories and narrative identities; especially in the case in which such negative affect has been resolved or has turned positive, such as in the case of redemptive stories or growth after difficulties (Bauer, McAdams, & Pals, 2006;McAdams, 2006); closeness and separation stories in parental and peer relationships that contain conflict in them and life-threatening events (Thorne & McLean, 2002 during adolescence.…”

Section: Positivity Bias In Autobiographical Memorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Event centrality of positive and negative autobiographical memories to identity and life story across cultures

Scherman

Salgado

Shao

et al. 2014

Memory

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The aim of this study was to investigate whether cultural differences exist in event centrality, emotional distress and well-being in a total of 565 adults above age 40 from Mexico, Greenland, China and Denmark. Participants completed questionnaires to determine their level of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms, and of life satisfaction. They also completed event centrality scales for their most positive and most negative life events. Across cultures, participants rated positive events as more central to their identity and life stories, compared with negative events. Furthermore, participants with higher levels of emotional distress rated negative events as more central to their identity and life story, compared with participants with lower scores. However, a converse pattern was not found for positive events. Finally, participants with higher scores of life satisfaction tended to rate positive events as more central and negative events as less central to their identity and life story, compared with participants with lower scores. It is concluded that across cultures, positive events are considered more central to identity and life story than negative events and that event centrality ratings tend to be affected in similar ways by higher versus lower levels of emotional distress or well-being.

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“…Indeed, AM studies have demonstrated that females' memory descriptions contain more communal expressions than males' do (Buckner & Fivush, 1998, 2000Ely, Melzi, Hadge, & McCabe, 1998;Niedźwieńska, 2003; Study 2, Thorne & McLean, 2002), and refer more to others than themselves (Study 2, Fitzgerald, 2010;Han, Leichtman, & Wang, 1998;Niedźwieńska, 2003;Wang, Leichtman, & White, 1998). Further, females rate the function of AMs higher in intimacy maintenance than males do (Pillemer, Wink, DiDonato, & Sanborn, 2003).…”

Section: Communal and Agentic Expressionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Previous research investigating gender differences in AM has predominately measured the manifest content, using manual coding, and in most cases found that females describe their memories in more emotional and communal terms than do males (e.g. Bauer et al, 2003;Study 2;Fitzgerald, 2010;Niedźwieńska, 2003;Thorne & McLean, 2002). Only a few studies investigating AM content have used LIWC (e.g.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Gender differences in autobiographical memory: females latently express communality more than do males

Karlsson

Sikström

Jönsson

et al. 2019

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

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Gender differences have been found in several aspects of autobiographical memory (i.e. personally experienced events). For example, previous studies have shown that females' autobiographical memories contain more communal and emotional expressions than do males. However, an important question concerns whether these differences can be observed both in the manifest content (i.e. what is actually said) and in the latent content (i.e. the underlying meaning of what is said). In the present exploratory study, we extended the current knowledge concerning gender differences in autobiographical memory by investigating the manifestly expressed words, as well as the latently expressed words in autobiographical memory descriptions. We observed an overall gender difference in the latent content of the autobiographical memories. Furthermore, females latently described their memories in more communal terms than males did. No other gender differences were found. Our results indicate that females' autobiographical memories are more communally oriented than male's.

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Cited by 64 publications

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Remembering and telling self-consistent and self-discrepant memories

Remembering and telling self-consistent and self-discrepant memories

Event centrality of positive and negative autobiographical memories to identity and life story across cultures

Gender differences in autobiographical memory: females latently express communality more than do males

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