The autobiographical fluency task: Validity and reliability of a tool to assess episodic autobiographical memory and experience-near personal semantics

IF 2 4区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY Journal of Neuropsychology Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI:10.1111/jnp.12351

Matilde Conti, Alice Teghil, Maddalena Boccia

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The assessment of autobiographical memory is challenging in clinical settings. The Autobiographical Fluency Task (AFT) – that is designed to test both Episodic Autobiographical Memory (EAM) and experience-near Personal Semantics (enPS) – may represent a feasible and rapid method to test access to autobiographical memories. Here we tested the reliability and the construct validity of the AFT. A total number of 51 individuals participated in the present study, with 24 included in Experiment 1 and 27 in Experiment 2. In Experiment 1, participants performed both the AFT and the Survey of Autobiographical Memory (SAM). In Experiment 2, participants completed the AFT and the Autobiographical Interview (AI). The AFT showed a moderate-to-high reliability. Also, EAM and enPS scores significantly correlated with the episodic subscale of the SAM. Results of Experiment 1 were replicated and expanded in Experiment 2. Again, the AFT showed a high reliability. Both EAM and enPS showed a significant correlation with the number of internal details produced during the AI; enPS also correlated with the number of external details. Overall, the present results show that the AFT may be a feasible instrument to assess autobiographical memory, especially for testing episodic autobiographical memory and experience-near personal semantics in clinical settings.

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自传体流利性任务：评估情景自传体记忆和接近个人语义体验的工具的有效性和可靠性。

自传体记忆的评估在临床环境中具有挑战性。自传体流利性任务（AFT）旨在测试情节自传体记忆（EAM）和个人语义体验（enPS），它可能代表了一种可行且快速的方法来测试对自传体回忆的访问。在这里，我们测试了AFT的可靠性和结构有效性。共有51人参与了本研究，其中24人在实验1中，27人在实验2中。在实验1中，参与者进行了AFT和自传记忆调查（SAM）。在实验2中，参与者完成了AFT和自传访谈（AI）。AFT显示出中等至高可靠性。此外，EAM和enPS评分与SAM的情景分量表显著相关。实验1的结果在实验2中得到了复制和扩展。AFT再次显示出高可靠性。EAM和enPS都显示出与AI过程中产生的内部细节数量显著相关；enPS还与外部细节的数量相关。总体而言，目前的结果表明，AFT可能是一种评估自传体记忆的可行工具，特别是在临床环境中测试情景自传体记忆力和接近个人语义的体验。

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Journal of Neuropsychology 医学-心理学

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4.50

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4.50%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Neuropsychology publishes original contributions to scientific knowledge in neuropsychology including: • clinical and research studies with neurological, psychiatric and psychological patient populations in all age groups • behavioural or pharmacological treatment regimes • cognitive experimentation and neuroimaging • multidisciplinary approach embracing areas such as developmental psychology, neurology, psychiatry, physiology, endocrinology, pharmacology and imaging science The following types of paper are invited: • papers reporting original empirical investigations • theoretical papers; provided that these are sufficiently related to empirical data • review articles, which need not be exhaustive, but which should give an interpretation of the state of research in a given field and, where appropriate, identify its clinical implications • brief reports and comments • case reports • fast-track papers (included in the issue following acceptation) reaction and rebuttals (short reactions to publications in JNP followed by an invited rebuttal of the original authors) • special issues.