Development and validation of diagnostics questionnaire «Functions of the Autobiographical Memory»

The article presents development and validation of a questionnaire assessing functions of the personality's autobiographical memory. Two foreign methods (RFS and TALE) were analyzed and an alternative questionnaire was introduced. It consists of 22 items and 5 scales, representing life situation and provoking to address the autobiographical memory. Test was administered to 250 adults and its high level of validity and representativeness was shown. Findings of gender and age differences are discussed.

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