Autobiographical memory as a dynamic process: Autobiographical memory mediates basic tendencies and characteristic adaptations |
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Authors: | Angelina R. Sutin |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8686, USA |
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Abstract: | Two studies tested whether autobiographical memory content and phenomenology mediate two consistent findings in the personality literature: Neuroticism and subjective health and Conscientiousness and achievement striving. In Study 1, participants (N = 162) retrieved and rated four memories and completed measures of Neuroticism and subjective health. In Study 2, participants (N = 345) retrieved and rated two memories and completed measures of Conscientiousness and achievement goals and study strategies. In both studies, memory content and phenomenology mediated the relations between personality and health and achievement in expected ways. For example, participants high in Neuroticism reported more somatic complaints because their memories were saturated with negative affective content. Discussion focuses on the utility of integrating trait and social–cognitive approaches to personality. |
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Keywords: | Autobiographical memory Personality Emotion Phenomenology Mediation |
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