Facets of personality and the phenomenology of autobiographical memory

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2004-11-01

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The relationship between individual differences in autobiographical memory and personality was examined by having 118 undergraduates complete the NEO Personality Inventory after rating 15 word-cued autobiographical memories on 20 scales. The Openness to Feelings facet (O3) correlated with measures of belief in the accuracy of memories, recollection, sensory imagery and emotion. Four other facets had correlations with belief (A3 - Altruism, E1 - Warmth, E4 - Activity, E6 - Positive Emotions). These facets also deal with emotional components of personality. In multiple regressions, measures of belief and measures of recollection were predicted by different variables, and for measures of belief, the O3 facet increased the variance accounted for beyond that of just the cognitive variables. Our results are consistent with and extend studies of the effects of depression and emotional suppression on autobiographical memory. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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10.1002/acp.1038

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Rubin, DC, and IC Siegler (2004). Facets of personality and the phenomenology of autobiographical memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18(7). pp. 913–930. 10.1002/acp.1038 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/10114.

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