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Facets of personality and the phenomenology of autobiographical memory

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Rubin, DC; Siegler, IC
November 1, 2004

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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November 1, 2004

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Wiley

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  • Experimental Psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
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  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
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Rubin, D. C., & Siegler, I. C. (2004). Facets of personality and the phenomenology of autobiographical memory. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1038
Rubin, D. C., and I. C. Siegler. “Facets of personality and the phenomenology of autobiographical memory,” November 1, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1038.
Rubin, D. C., and I. C. Siegler. Facets of personality and the phenomenology of autobiographical memory. Wiley, Nov. 2004. Dspace, doi:10.1002/acp.1038.

DOI

Publication Date

November 1, 2004

Publisher

Wiley

Related Subject Headings

  • Experimental Psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 3904 Specialist studies in education
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1505 Marketing