Examining Measurement Invariance Across Gender in Self defining Autobiographical Memory Characteristics Using a Shortened Version of the Memory Experiences Questionnaire
Summary Participants between the ages of 18 and 94 years (n 279) provided ratings on different phenomenological memory characteristics regarding a self defining autobiographical memory by completing a slightly shortened version of the Memory Experiences Questionnaire. Results of a multi group invariance analyses across men and women provided evidence of configural, metric, scalar, and structural invariance across gender. These results help to empirically substantiate the assumption that memory phenomenology is invariant across gender. Subsequent latent means analysis found that women, as compared with men, rated their self defining memories as being more coherent, having greater emotional intensity, having greater sensory detail, having higher levels of vividness/time perspective, and being more likely to be from a first person perspective. Copyright (c) 2016 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.