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self-defining memories: a standalone construct

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Personality psychology

vivid, emotionally intense, repeatedly recalled memories tied to a person's enduring concerns, studied for their specificity, meaning and affect.

In personality psychology, self-defining memories refers to vivid, emotionally intense, repeatedly recalled memories tied to a person's enduring concerns, studied for their specificity, meaning and affect. This meaning comes from Blagov (2004) in Journal of Personality.[1]

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affect4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, several feeling constructs person3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs specificity4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Blagov, P. S., & Singer, J. A. (2004). Four Dimensions of Self‐Defining Memories (Specificity, Meaning, Content, and Affect) and Their Relationships to Self‐Restraint, Distress, and Repressive Defensiveness. Journal of Personality, 72(3), 481-511. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3506.2004.00270.x

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