Telling and the remembered self: linguistic differences in memories for previously disclosed and previously undisclosed events.
Memory
; 15(3): 258-70, 2007 Apr.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17454663
ABSTRACT
Prior work suggests that disclosing experiences may provide people with more distance, more positive emotion, greater cognitive elaboration, and greater certainty regarding those experiences. Two studies (n=58 undergraduates and n=123 community-living adults) examined linguistic indicators of such differences between previously disclosed and previously undisclosed memories elicited on subsequent, solitary occasions using the LIWC text analysis program (Pennebaker & Francis, 1999). Disclosure was associated with differences in the linguistic features of subsequent memories. Potential mechanisms and implications of those differences are discussed.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Self Disclosure
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Memory
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Memory
Journal subject:
PSICOLOGIA
Year:
2007
Document type:
Article
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