Current psychometric and methodological issues in the measurement of overgeneral autobiographical memory

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Griffith, James W ^a   Sumner, Jennifer A ^b   Raes, Filip ^c   Barnhofer, Thorsten ^d   Debeer, Elise ^c   Hermans, Dirk ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Autobiographical Memory Test; Memory specificity; Methodology; Overgeneral autobiographical memory; Psychometrics; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY;

CUES; HUMANS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870432322     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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