A Cross-Cultural Study of Self-Defining Memories in Chinese and American College Students.

摘要: Self-defining memories (SDMs) are touchstones in individuals' narrative identity. This is the first SDM study to compare college students from mainland People's Republic of China (PRC) American students. It examined SDMs, Big Five personality traits, and memory function 60 each country (n = 120). Participants rated their for affect, recall frequency, importance. Chinese recalled most positively more frequently with greater importance, while did not show this pattern. who scored higher Openness were likely negative memories. Memory content coding revealed that significantly guilt/shame events than Further analysis indicated these particularly focused on academic performance parental expectations. The discussion suggests follow-up studies look at differing emotion regulation strategies two countries, as well how different educational systems affecting late adolescent identity formation processes.