Further characterisation of self-defining memories in young adults: A study of a Swiss sample

Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-309

  Lardi, Claudia ^a   D'Argembeau, Arnaud ^b   Chanal, Julien ^a   Ghisletta, Paolo ^a,c   van der Linden, Martial ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c Distance Learning University   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Content validity; Memory dimensions; Self; Self defining memories

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951691805     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211003601522     Document Type: Article

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