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The Autobiographical Recollection Test (ART): A Measure of Individual Differences in Autobiographical Memory

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: . Desirable psychometric properties of the ART are established by confirmatory factor analyses demonstrating that items probing each of the seven components form well-defined, yet highly correlated, factors that are indicators of a single underlying second-order factor. The ART shows high test-retest reliability over delays averaging three weeks and correlates meaningfully with a test of different categories of memory. Overall, the findings document that autobiographical recollection is a dimension that varies among individuals. The ART forms a reliable and easily administered autobiographical memory test that will help to integrate autobiographical memory research with fields generally concerned with individual differences, such as health and personality psychology.

Source: Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2019.06.005

Authors: Dorthe Berntsen, Rick H. Hoyle, David C. Rubin

Institutions: Aarhus University, Duke University

Language: English

Topic: Identity, Memory, and Therapy

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Research Foundation, Danmarks Grundforskningsfond, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health

Awards: G260844998, G4057243259, A Model of Autobiographical Memory & Its Changes in PTSD