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Emotional closure in autobiographical memories: phenomenology and involuntary remembering

dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.contributor.kuauthorErgen, İrem
dc.contributor.kuauthorGülgöz, Sami
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteCollege of Social Sciences and Humanities
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-10T00:10:58Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractOpen autobiographical memories are events without closure. The current study explored the influence of potential closure in the future. We compared the phenomenology and involuntary recall for events that were either closed, open with a possibility of closure, or open without such a possibility. Participants (N = 87) recalled these events in random order and answered phenomenology questions. We expected open events without closure possibility to be highest in negativity, emotional intensity, regret and involuntary recall frequency, followed by potentially open events and closed events. We found that emotional intensity at recall, negativity and involuntary recall frequency were higher for open than closed events. Open events without closure possibility were the highest in regret and evoked more negative affect upon involuntary recall than open events with closure possibility. We discussed our findings in relation to research on autobiographical memory and involuntary remembering, along with intrusion and possible clinical implications. © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
dc.description.sponsoredbyTubitakEuN/A
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09658211.2023.2181485
dc.identifier.issn0965-8211
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85148593134
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2023.2181485
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/17397
dc.identifier.wos937529600001
dc.keywordsAutobiographical memory
dc.keywordsClosure
dc.keywordsInvoluntary memory
dc.keywordsRegret
dc.keywordsSpontaneous thinking
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.ispartofMemory
dc.subjectEmotion
dc.subjectReminiscence
dc.subjectCultural life
dc.titleEmotional closure in autobiographical memories: phenomenology and involuntary remembering
dc.typeJournal Article
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local.contributor.kuauthorErgen, İrem
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