The Italian Version of the Thinking about Life Experiences Questionnaire and Its Relationship with Gender, Age, and Life Events on Facebook

Autor/inn/en	Caci, Barbara; Scrima, Fabrizio; Cardaci, Maurizio; Miceli, Silvana
Titel	The Italian Version of the Thinking about Life Experiences Questionnaire and Its Relationship with Gender, Age, and Life Events on Facebook
Quelle	In: Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34 (2020) 2, S.472-488 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Caci, Barbara)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0888-4080
DOI	10.1002/acp.3635
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Experience; Autobiographies; Memory; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Behavior; Social Media; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Factor Analysis; Scores; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Fragebogen; Erfahrung; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Gedächtnis; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Soziale Medien; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Faktorenanalyse; Italien
Abstract	The present study provided a cross-cultural validation of the Thinking About Life Experiences Scale--Revised (TALE-R) in an Italian sample of Facebook users (n = 492; female = 378; male = 114; mean age 26.1) to test for replication and universality of the TALE-R three-factor model. Furthermore, it explored the interrelations among gender, age, the scores at the TALE-R and the frequency of posting textual/visual information about individuals' life events on Facebook. Results at exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis gave empirical support to both of a tripartite model for the functions of autobiographical memory (i.e., directive-behavior, social-bonding, and self-continuity) and measurement invariance of this three-factor model across gender and age. Further results at linear correlation and regression analyses showed that directive-behavior and self-continuity functions of autobiographical memory are significantly related to the ways people use Facebook for personal documentation. Age differences more than gender influence this association. Discussion and conclusion reported both theoretical and empirical implications of the findings of the study. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01