Griffith James W, Sumner Jennifer A, Debeer Elise, Raes Filip, Hermans Dirk, Mineka Susan, Zinbarg Richard E, Craske Michelle G
Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 750 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Memory. 2009 Aug;17(6):609-23. doi: 10.1080/09658210902939348.
The Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT) is used to assess the degree of specificity of autobiographical memory. The AMT usually contains cue words of both positive and negative valence, but it is unclear whether these valences form separate factors or not. Accordingly, confirmatory factor analysis assessed whether the AMT measures one overall factor, or whether different cue types are related to different factors. Results were consistent across three datasets (N = 333, N = 405, and N = 336). A one-factor model fitted each dataset well, which suggests that responses to positive and negative cues are related to the one construct. In addition, item response theory analyses showed that the AMT is most precise for people who score low on memory specificity. Implications for using the AMT with high-functioning samples are discussed.
自传体记忆测试（AMT）用于评估自传体记忆的特异性程度。AMT通常包含具有积极和消极效价的提示词，但尚不清楚这些效价是否形成单独的因素。因此，验证性因素分析评估了AMT是测量一个总体因素，还是不同的提示类型与不同的因素相关。在三个数据集（N = 333、N = 405和N = 336）上的结果是一致的。单因素模型对每个数据集拟合良好，这表明对积极和消极提示的反应与一个结构相关。此外，项目反应理论分析表明，AMT对记忆特异性得分低的人最为精确。文中讨论了将AMT用于高功能样本的意义。
