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Ausmees, Liisi, Realo, Anu and Allik, Jüri (2022) Episodic memory reliving and personality : do good “time travelers” have distinctive personality profiles? Journal of Individual Differences, 43 (1). pp. 47-54. doi:10.1027/1614-0001/a000353 ISSN 1614-0001.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000353
Abstract
There are considerable individual differences in remembering past episodes. The aim of the current study was to examine the link between episodic memory reliving and the Five-Factor Model personality traits. Altogether 422 participants (67% women) described an autobiographical episode and rated the vividness and clarity of that recollection. Next, they assessed their general tendencies of autobiographical recollections, which resulted in two autobiographical episodic memory scores (AEMS) for each participant – episodic and general. Participants also filled in the Estonian version of the International Personality Item Pool NEO questionnaire. Findings from partial correlation analysis (controlling for age and gender) revealed distinguishable patterns of associations for the episodic and general-level reports of memory reliving: the episodic AEMS was positively associated with E4: Activity Level and E1: Friendliness, whereas the general AEMS was negatively correlated with N4: Self-Consciousness, and positively with E1: Friendliness, E6: Cheerfulness, O1: Imagination, O5: Intellect, C2: Orderliness, and C3: Dutifulness (all significant at p < .005). The associations between the general (but not the episodic) AEMS and personality facets were significantly correlated with the average social desirability ratings of the respective facets. We conclude that greater social adaptation together with the motivation of positive self-perception are plausible explanations of the links between personality traits and reporting the quality of reliving personal memories.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Episodic memory , Personality , Autobiographical memory , Neuroticism | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Individual Differences | ||||||||
Publisher: | Hogrefe | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1614-0001 | ||||||||
Official Date: | January 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 43 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 47-54 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1027/1614-0001/a000353 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This version of the article may not completely replicate the final authoritative version published in Journal of Individual Differences at https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000353 . It is not the version of record and is therefore not suitable for citation. Please do not copy or cite without the permission of the author(s). | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 5 July 2021 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 7 July 2021 |
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