Öztanımlayıcı Anıların Fenomenolojik Özelliklerinde Cinsiyete Bağlı Farklılıklar

Öz

Bu çalışmada, öztanımlayıcı anıların canlılık, tekrar hatırlanma, duygusal değer ve duy- gusal yoğunluk olmak üzere temel anı özelliklerinde cinsiyete bağlı farklılıklar incelenmiştir. Verileri internet üzerinden toplanan araştırmaya 16 ile 64 yaş arası 602 kişi (282 kadın, 320 erkek) katılmıştır. Toplanan veriler yaş değişkeni kontrol edilerek tek yönlü kovaryans analizi ile test edilmiştir. Bulgular, kadınların olumlu duygusal değer boyutunda erkeklerden daha yüksek, olumsuz duygusal değer boyutunda ise daha düşük puanlar aldıklarını ortaya çıkar- mıştır. Elde edilen bu sonuçlar, kadınların otobiyografik anılarını sıklıkla negatif duygularla ilişkilendiren alanyazınla tutarsızlık gösterirken, otobiyografik bellek özelliklerinde cinsiyete bağlı farklılıkların anı türlerine veya anılara hakim olan sosyal ve duygusal temalara bağlı olarak değişiklik gösterebileceği görüşünü destekler niteliktedir. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Öztanımlayıcı anılar, cinsiyet, anı özellikleri

Gender Differences in the Phenomenological Characteristics of Self-Defining Memories

Öz

The aim of present study is to examine the gender differences in memory characteristics including vividness, rehearsal, emotional valence, and emotional intensity for self-defining memories. Data were collected through a web-based survey and a total of 602 persons (282 women, 320 men) aged between 16 and 64 participated to the study. Results of one-way covariance analysis, using age as a covariate indicated that women had higher scores on positive emotional valence, whereas they had lower scores on negative emotional valence than men. These findings seem inconsistent with the literature suggesting that women’s autobiographical memories are more likely to be associated with negative emotions, whereas they support the notion that gender differences in the autobiographical memory characteristics vary depending on memory types or dominant social and emotional themes of memories

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Self-defining memories, gender, memory characteristics

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