Thomsen Dorthe Kirkegaard, Jensen Thomas, Holm Tine, Olesen Martin Hammershøj, Schnieber Anette, Tønnesvang Jan
Department of Psychology, Aarhus University, Denmark; Center on Autobiographical Memory Research (CON AMORE), Aarhus University, Denmark.
Department of Psychology, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Conscious Cogn. 2015 Nov;36:180-95. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2015.06.011. Epub 2015 Jul 8.
Forty-five participants described and rated two events each week during their first term at university. After 3.5 years, we examined whether event characteristics rated in the diary predicted remembering, reliving, and life story importance at the follow-up. In addition, we examined whether ratings of life story importance were consistent across a three year interval. Approximately 60% of events were remembered, but only 20% of these were considered above medium importance to life stories. Higher unusualness, rehearsal, and planning predicted whether an event was remembered 3.5 years later. Higher goal-relevance, importance, emotional intensity, and planning predicted life story importance 3.5 years later. There was a moderate correlation between life story importance rated three months after the diary and rated at the 3.5 year follow-up. The results suggest that autobiographical memory and life stories are governed by different mechanisms and that life story memories are characterized by some degree of stability.
45名参与者在大学第一学期每周描述并评价两件事情。3.5年后，我们研究了日记中评价的事件特征是否能预测随访时的记忆、重温以及生活故事的重要性。此外，我们还研究了生活故事重要性的评价在三年时间跨度内是否一致。大约60%的事件被记住了，但其中只有20%被认为对生活故事具有中等以上的重要性。更高的独特性、复述和计划能预测一个事件在3.5年后是否被记住。更高的目标相关性、重要性、情感强度和计划能预测3.5年后生活故事的重要性。在日记记录三个月后和3.5年随访时评价的生活故事重要性之间存在中度相关性。结果表明，自传体记忆和生活故事受不同机制支配，且生活故事记忆具有一定程度的稳定性。
