The assessment of autobiographical memory is challenging in clinical settings. The Autobiographical Fluency Task (AFT) – that is designed to test both Episodic Autobiographical Memory (EAM) and experience-near Personal Semantics (enPS) – may represent a feasible and rapid method to test access to autobiographical memories. Here we tested the reliability and the construct validity of the AFT. A total number of 51 individuals participated in the present study, with 24 included in Experiment 1 and 27 in Experiment 2. In Experiment 1, participants performed both the AFT and the Survey of Autobiographical Memory (SAM). In Experiment 2, participants completed the AFT and the Autobiographical Interview (AI). The AFT showed a moderate-to-high reliability. Also, EAM and enPS scores significantly correlated with the episodic subscale of the SAM. Results of Experiment 1 were replicated and expanded in Experiment 2. Again, the AFT showed a high reliability. Both EAM and enPS showed a significant correlation with the number of internal details produced during the AI; enPS also correlated with the number of external details. Overall, the present results show that the AFT may be a feasible instrument to assess autobiographical memory, especially for testing episodic autobiographical memory and experience-near personal semantics in clinical settings.

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自传流畅性任务：评估情景自传记忆和接近个人语义的经验的工具的有效性和可靠性

自传体记忆的评估在临床环境中具有挑战性。自传流畅性任务（AFT）——旨在测试情景自传记忆（EAM）和接近经验的个人语义（enPS）——可能代表了一种测试自传记忆访问的可行且快速的方法。在这里，我们测试了 AFT 的可靠性和结构有效性。共有 51 人参与本研究，其中实验 1 包括 24 人，实验 2 包括 27 人。在实验 1 中，参与者同时进行了 AFT 和自传体记忆调查 (SAM)。在实验 2 中，参与者完成了 AFT 和自传访谈 (AI)。AFT 显示出中等到高的可靠性。此外，EAM 和 enPS 分数与 SAM 的情景分量表显着相关。实验 1 的结果在实验 2 中得到复制和扩展。AFT 再次显示出高可靠性。EAM 和 enPS 都显示出与 AI 过程中产生的内部细节数量显着相关；enPS 还与外部细节的数量相关。总体而言，目前的结果表明，AFT 可能是评估自传体记忆的可行工具，特别是在临床环境中测试情景自传体记忆和接近个人语义的经验。